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Sep 21, 2018
Director Shana Cooper on Taming Shakespeare’s “Shrew”
Originally published on September 18, 2018 on the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast (“EPISODE 614. TAMING SHAKESPEARE’S “SHREW””) THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Director Shana Cooper dropped in on the Reduced Shakespeare Company’s Podcast...
Sep 21, 2018
American Theatre: RIP VAN WINKLE Awakens a Hudson Valley Community
Originally published on September 7, 2018 by Allison Considine in American Theatre (“Rip Van Winkle Awakens a Hudson Valley Community”). The Hudson Valley Shakespeare (HVSF) is a summer affair in Garrison, N.Y. Performances take place...
Sep 01, 2018
RIP VAN WINKLE Cast Spotlight: Roger, Yudy, and Maribel
Roger Acevedo and Yudy Gomez (Demons, Pirates), ensemble cast members from Newburgh NY, talk with Maribel Martinez (Sara Van Winkle) about HVSF’s 2018 production of RIP VAN WINKLE, their own experience as community theater-makers abroad and...
Aug 26, 2018
The Taming of Petruchio
HVSF Company Member Biko Eisen-Martin has been bringing “collegiate gamesmanship and good looks” (New York Times) to the stage this summer as THE TAMING OF THE SHREW’s wild Petruchio. As the show comes to a close, Biko shares his take on...
Aug 22, 2018
New York Times: Rip Van Winkle, Newly Awake, Meets His Neighbors Onstage
Originally published on August 21, 2018 by Jennifer Schuessler in The New York Times (“Rip Van Winkle, Newly Awake, Meets His Neighbors Onstage”).
Aug 21, 2018
New Yorker: ROBIN HOOD “turns the familiar legend on its feather-hatted head”
Originally published on August 21, 2018 by Ken Marks in The New Yorker (“Goings On About Town”). David Farr’s 2011 play, THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD, directed by Suzanne Agins, turns the familiar legend on its feather-hatted head, and is all...
Aug 04, 2018
Hair & Power: Bianca’s Wig Reveal
HVSF Company Member Britney Simpson plays the sugary-sweet, scheming Bianca in this season’s THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. And while the skill required to pull off her expertly-staged dance numbers and angelic vocal interludes may be on full display...
Jul 29, 2018
Stephen Paul Johnson joins casts of TAMING, RICHARD II
Stephen Paul Johnson* will join HVSF’s 2018 company, filling the roles of John of Gaunt (RICHARD II) and Gremio (THE TAMING OF THE SHREW). Beginning Tuesday, July 31, Johnson will return for his nineteenth season under the Theater Tent, where...
Jul 27, 2018
Becoming the Green Man
Originally published on July 20, 2018 by Mark Westin for The Highlands Current. Conservatory Company member Colleen Litchfield is the actor behind THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD’s mystifying Green Man! In this video for The Highlands Current,...
Jul 27, 2018
Mark Bedard, Bullet-Headed Bulldozer
For returning audiences, seeing Mark Bedard – a celebrated clown and HVSF fan favorite – in the role of the “bullet-headed” Henry Bolingbroke (Wall Street Journal) in this season’s RICHARD II may come as a bit of a shock. The...
Jul 26, 2018
With Full Circle, Everyone Gets Into the Act
Originally published by Fina Badolato, Times Herald-Record One of Dante De Leo’s most vivid boyhood memories is visiting the Bear Mountain Inn on Sundays with his family, and being captivated by a tapestry hanging above the stone fireplace. The...
Jul 24, 2018
5 Questions: Wesley Mann
Originally published on July 20, 2018 by Alison Rooney in The Highlands Current. Wesley Mann has performed in 13 seasons of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare. This summer he portrays the Earl of Northumberland in RICHARD II and the manservant...