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Oct 23, 2025
2026 Season Announcement
Inaugural Season in the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center Announced!
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....
Dec 03, 2018
Why Shakespeare?
Originally published on December 2, 2018 by HVSF Associate Artistic Director Sean McNall for The Highlands Current (“Teenagers In Love“). McNall is advising the Haldane High School student production of Romeo and Juliet this month.
Nov 26, 2018
#GivingTuesday Story Share: The Nies Family
Hannah Nies is a student at Wellesley. As part of our #GivingTuesday Story Share, Hannah offers her story of how a spur-of-the-moment first encounter with HVSF made her final night of pre-college freedom a little more bearable:
Nov 21, 2018
#GivingTuesday Story Share: The Fishmans
Supporter Natalie Fishman began spending summers at HVSF in 1988, the year after our founding. As part of our #GivingTuesday Story Share, Natalie shares the impact of our work on her extended family:
Nov 21, 2018
#GivingTuesday Story Share: The O’Steens
Bobbie O’Steen and her daughter, Molly, have spent each of the last 20 summers under our Theater Tent in Garrison. As part of our #GivingTuesday Story Share, Bobbie offers her story of how early and continued exposure to Shakespeare at HVSF...
Nov 20, 2018
Be Part of Our #GivingTuesday Story Share!
You can help us spread generosity on this international day of giving by sharing your story! We want to celebrate all the ways in which our audience gives inspiration to their own families. If you attend the Festival year after year with your...
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...