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February 9, 2021 by

The First Folio Storytellers Series

The Storytellers Logo, a floral painted tea cup on top of a stack of weathered books.

February 9 through July 15 Curated by Melanie Keller Original Music by Christopher Kriz Streaming Online for FREE! New videos added each month. Join some of your favorite First Folio Artistic Associates as well as guest artists as they read a selection of short stories and poems chosen to help provide joy and illumination each […]

February 9, 2021 by

First Folio Bedtime Tales

Logo for Bedtime Tales, with a little girl sleeping in bed, dreaming about a rabbit in a blue coat and a orange cat in a black and green outfit.

February 9 through July 15 Curated by Melanie Keller Original Music by Christopher Kriz Streaming Online for FREE! New videos added each month. Appropriate for Age 2+ First Folio Artistic Associates Diana Coates and Michael Goldberg will help you read your children to sleep. Each month, we will post two new bedtime tales chosen specifically […]

December 2, 2020 by

Winter Reading Series

The First Folio outdoor stage in winter, covered in snow and surrounded by bare trees.

First Folio Presents Its Winter Reading Series! December 1 through January 10. Curated by Melanie Keller Original Music by Christopher Kriz Streaming Online for FREE! New videos added each week. Join some of your First Folio favorites as they read a selection of short stories and poems chosen specifically to help families get through a […]

May 14, 2020 by

Cymbeline: A Folk Musical

A streaming video production Originally produced in 2013 at the Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, Illinois. Winner of the 2013 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Best Adaptation and Original Music. Adapted by David Rice Music and Lyrics by Michael Keefe and David Rice Directed by Michael Goldberg Music Direction by Michael Keefe First Folio is proud […]

March 24, 2020 by

Madmen & Prisoners: Two Tales by Poe

The face of Edgar Allan Poe looms over two men lit by red lighting, the Prisoner on the left, and the Madman on the right.

An Online Streaming Video This streaming video contains two excerpts from First Folio’s 2018 production of The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Pit and the Pendulum.” These performances were recorded live during a 2018 performance of the full-length production of The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe. Filming was done with […]

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The 2021-22 Season was sponsored by Susan & Alan Becker and Daniel Nowaczynski & Nancy Ziegler.

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