Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
hudson valley shakespeare festival hvsf nonprofit professional theater company based garrison new york festival run roughly fourteenweek repertory season year operating large openair theater tent production attract total audience hudson valley new york city u state hvsf also performs william shakespeare work live theater throughout tristate area touring company limited run popular program hvsf road series brings studentoriented production education program elementary middle high school student teacher year hvsfs art education program also include training earlycareer theater artist way conservatory company professional development educator free audience engagement offering performance throughout summer hvsf founded melissa stern terry o’brien september outdoor production midsummer night dream manitoga home industrial designer russel wright garrison new york following year boscobel house garden agreed host hvsfs mainstage season estate expansive ground summer production shakespeare like performed tent overlooking hudson river festival added second show season began handson performancedriven education program within area school hvsf began tour production middle high school hvsf acquired customdesigned openair theater tent seating hudson valley shakespeare festival subject onehour documentary two hour film performance twelfth night premiered pb affiliate wnet september program also aired wliw patron served since hvsfs first season terry o’brien led theater year directing production stepped artistic director december search successor hvsfs board director appointed davis mccallum artistic director may festival produced communitydriven production thornton wilder town cast citizen actor hudson valley region directed john christian plummer festival mounted first new play pride prejudice kate hamill adapted novel jane austen lauren gundersons book festival mounted james ijames play spectacularly lamentable trial miz martha washington festival known scenic backdrop excluding due covid play performed openair theater tent ground boscobel mansion stage rough patch dirt level first row audience receding lawn view hudson river west point distance company used vast open space behind stage scenery play according ben brantley new york time nature shakespeare star festival august company received gift land parcel acre garrison moved location permanently time season hvsf plan build permanent open air structure preserve river view famous boscobel location festival named among new york time essential summer festival hudson valley magazine editors’ pick best summer theater nominated drama league award production midsummer night dream produce classic new work economy style focusing script actor audience hudson river hudson highland set setting wall street journal hail purely enjoyable summer shakespeare festival america new york time comment anyone wonder future live theater asks audience answer tent listed major festival book shakespeare festival around world marcus gregio editor addition summer production festival sponsor yearround education program student teacher annually program include inschool residency theater art workshop student resource workshop educator fall touring production student grade k spring touring production student grade annual shakespeare summer camp age – teacher shakespeare institute hvsfs conservatory company performance based training program early career actor offer offstage opportunity work alongside festival acting company midsummer night dream like twelfth night much ado nothing romeo juliet taming shrew merry wife windsor macbeth comedy error tempest two gentleman verona midsummer night dream love labour lost tartuffe like winter tale much ado nothing titus andronicus twelfth night measure measure taming shrew merchant venice romeo juliet henry v comedy error alls well end well antony cleopatra macbeth merry wife windsor tempest two gentleman verona midsummer night dream rival richard iii like cymbeline twelfth night shakespeare abridged pericles much ado nothing shakespeare abridged troilus cressida taming shrew bombitty error hamlet comedy error around world day love labour lost romeo juliet step king lear alls well end well three musketeer othello two gentleman verona liar winter tale midsummer night dream arabian night iliad like macbeth measure measure town please devised clown show twelfth night kate hamills pride prejudice book love labour lost general america richard ii taming shrew heart robin hood rip van winkle cut old moon star seamaid’s music much ado nothing cymbeline cyrano wood macbeth spectacularly lamentable trial miz martha washington tempest romeo juliet mr burn postelectric play belong henry v love labor lost penelope medea reversed murder roger ackroyd queen official website