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Oct 23, 2025
2026 Season Announcement
Inaugural Season in the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center Announced!
Aug 21, 2020
Meet Lavina Jadhwani
Lavina Jadhwani will be directing our HVSF2 Reading of UNTITLED AGATHA PROJECT by Heidi Armbruster. Register to join us for the performance on Thursday, August 27.
Aug 07, 2020
The Beginner’s Guide to Live-Streamed Theater
Our annual HVSF2 Reading Series typically takes place at the Philipstown Depot Theatre in tandem with the mainstage season, but this summer we are moving it online. While certainly not that same as an in-person show, online readings harken back...
Aug 06, 2020
A Look Back at INTO THE WOODS
What was the secret sauce that made last summer’s production so wonderful? Our Artistic Director, Davis McCallum, caught up with WOODS Director Jenn Thompson, Costume Designer Sara Jean Tosetti, Choreographer Rhett Guter, and Musical Director...
Jul 24, 2020
Mix-and-Match
Originally published on July 24, 2020 by Alison Rooney in The Highlands Current Although it canceled its 2020 season because of the COVID-10 shutdown, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare is still baking up a storm.
Jul 02, 2020
HVSF Rituals
Is there a specific recipe you make when you invite friends and family to the tent? Or do you stop beforehand at a local spot for takeout? Do you bring your favorite beverage or supplement your picnic with a drink from the HVSF café? Let me know...
Jun 21, 2020
Towards a More Equitable & Inclusive HVS
Earlier this month, we shared a statement about our ongoing commitment to becoming a more anti-racist and inclusive organization. Our mission is dedicated to conversation, and we’re grateful for the many conversations we have had in response....
Jun 20, 2020
A Look Back At LGBTQ+ Night at the Tent
Awareness of being in the LGBTQ+ family starts as a secret that often feels wrong and shameful. That’s why Pride is such an important concept for queer people. As we celebrate the 51st Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, when a group made up...
Jun 19, 2020
How to Read Shakespeare for Pleasure
Originally published on April 21, 2020 by Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Oxford on The Conversation In recent years the orthodoxy that Shakespeare can only be truly appreciated on stage has become widespread. But, as...
Jun 19, 2020
Questionable Parenting: Shakespeare & the Fathers in His Plays
Originally published on June 8, 2018 by Austin Tichenor, on Folger.edu What kind of father was William Shakespeare? The evidence suggests…it’s complicated.
Jun 03, 2020
A Message To Our HVS Family
We are filled with rage and sadness at the murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the unconscionably long list of other Black Americans who have been unjustly killed. These events are not isolated but part of a...
May 29, 2020
How Shakespeare’s Plays & ‘Game of Thrones’ Drew Inspiration From The Wars of the Roses
Originally published on May 22, 2020 by Anoushka Pinto on Meoww.com The Wars of the Roses is an important event that culminated with the installation of one of the strongest governments in English royal history – the Tudors
May 29, 2020
Seven Audiobook Selections Narrated by Gabra Zackman
Along with acting and writing, HVSF Alum Gabra Zackman has had a parallel career in audiobook narration. Gabra started in the audiobook business over ten years ago (back when they were still known as ‘Books on Tape’). She has recorded over...