Renovations Include Enhanced Accessibility and
Exhibits Showcasing Abraham Lincoln’s Life in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.— Ford’s Theatre Society will host a museum unveiling on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at Ford’s Theatre (511 10th Street NW

Washington, D.C.—The National Park Service (NPS) and Ford’s Theatre Society staff will host a discussion session for tour group leaders on June 25 from 5-6:30 p.m.

Washington, D.C.—The National Park Service (NPS) and the Ford’s Theatre Society announce Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site, located at 511 10th Street, N.W., will close to the public to perform facility maintenance June 22-26, 29 and 30. The Petersen House (the House where President Abraham Lincoln died) will remain open during this time.

Washington, D.C.—Ford’s Theatre Society continues its free Living Lincoln series with “Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief,” with guest speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson, on Monday, May 11 at 7 p.m.

Washington, D.C.—The National Park Service and Ford’s Theatre Society will commemorate the assassination date of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 2009, with a 9:00 a.m. wreath-laying and special programming throughout the day, including a discussion and book-signing with Anthony Pitch, (author of They Have Killed Papa Dead!), Ranger-led living history presentations and interpretive talks, and performances of the Society’s one-act play One Destiny. The theatre and Petersen House (the house where Lincoln died) will be open to the general public from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Washington, D.C.—The Ford’s Theatre Society announced that the daytime programming schedule for spring 2009 will include performances of the one-act plays One Destiny and The Road From Appomattox by Richard Hellesen. One Destiny and The Road From Appomattox were commissioned by the Ford’s Theatre Society to bring the drama and emotion of the American Civil War to life through informative and entertaining theatre. One Destiny and The Road From Appomattox are offered as part of timed entry to Ford’s Theatre and presented in addition to the National Park Service Ranger programs.

Washington, D.C.—Ford’s Theatre announced the spring 2009 schedule for its popular History on Foot walking tours, which are guided by actors playing characters from Civil War Washington. The theatre will premiere a new walking tour this spring titled Mrs. Lincoln’s Confidante: Elizabeth Keckly written by Ford’s Theatre Artistic Programming Advisor Jennifer L. Nelson. The theatre also will continue the walking tour Investigation: Detective McDevitt, which premiered in 2008. Investigation: Detective McDevitt will restart in March 2009. Mrs.

Washington, D.C.—The National Park Service (NPS) and the Ford’s Theatre Society announce that the Petersen House (the House where President Abraham Lincoln died) will be closed to the public on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, due to pre-construction facility work.

The Ford’s Theatre reopening season continues with the Tony-nominated The Civil War by Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy. Jeff Calhoun directs the production at Ford’s Theatre from March 27-May 24, 2009. A landscape of the people, voices and sentiments of the American Civil War, this song-cycle is inspired by the words of Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln as well as the lives (as documented through letters, photographs and journals) of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.