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Oct 23, 2025
2026 Season Announcement
Inaugural Season in the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center Announced!
Feb 03, 2022
Announcing the 2022 Season
A summer of storytelling is heading your way: We’re proud to announce our complete lineup for the 2022 Summer Season, including a reimagined Shakespearean classic, a thrilling and timely contemporary American play, an intimate and...
Aug 09, 2019
CYRANO Co-Authors Jason O’Connell & Brenda Withers on the Process of Adapting a Classic
CYRANO co-authors Jason O’Connell and Brenda Withers discuss the process of tackling Edmon Rostand’s unabridged text. The pair focused on keeping the classic moments and breadth of the story while collaborating to create a tight script. The...
Aug 02, 2019
HV1: “Festival Delivers Zesty Five-Actor CYRANO”
Originally published on August 1, 2019 by Frances Marion Platt in Hudson Valley One (“Hudson Valley Shakespeare delivers zesty five-actor Cyrano“).
Jul 28, 2019
The Anatomy of a Musical
When he’s not assisting audience members with a ticket purchase, HVSF Box Office Manager Scotty Arnold is himself a composer and director for musicals and plays. Scotty stepped away from Will Call to help us break down the music end of...
Jul 08, 2019
Leading With His Nose
Originally published on July 5, 2019 by Alison Rooney in The Highlands Current. Jason O’Connell, the popular comedian (and occasional tragedian) who has returned for a 10th summer at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare (HVSF), is adding a credit to...
Jul 05, 2019
HV1: CYMBELINE is “immensely fun and gracefully executed.”
Originally published on July 3, 2019 by Frances Marion Platt in Hudson Valley One (“Brush up your obscure Shakespeare with an energetic Cymbeline at Boscobel“).
Jun 29, 2019
New Yorker: Festival gives CYMBELINE “the full treatment”
Originally published on June 28, 2019 by Ken Marks in The New Yorker (“Goings On About Town”). The director Davis McCallum gives this late Shakespeare play (part of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare, in Garrison, New York) the full Festival...
May 29, 2019
Making the Most of Your Trip to the Tent
Joy, gentle friends! We’ve assembled a few helpful tips and tricks in response to frequently asked questions that can make your first visit to the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Theater Tent a joyful success.
May 11, 2019
There’s an Overgrown Teenager Inside Cyrano’s Body
We caught up with longtime HVSF fan-favorite and CYRANO co-playwright Jason O’Connell to find out why he and his writing partner, Brenda Withers, took on this well-trodden romance. CYRANO previews begin on June 27, with direction by Meredith...
Dec 22, 2018
Friends, Romans, Countrymen: JULIUS CAESAR on Tour
We’re proud to announce our 2019 Education Tour, an immersive, 90-minute production of JULIUS CAESAR directed by Illana Stein, winner of the 2018 Drama League First Draft Residency and member of the Directing Company of New York Madness....