Grab a picnic and a glass of wine, stake out your spot on the Great Lawn, and start your weekend off with a free, thrilling, behind-the-scenes exploration with HVSF artists, scholars, and industry experts.
These pre-show talks take place every Friday night during the summer season and are open to the public. No performance ticket or registration is required, though you are welcome to add Friday Night Prologue reservations to your Friday performance purchase. In case of inclement weather, Prologues are held under the HVSF Theater Tent.
2019 Speakers:
- Friday, June 14, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, June 21, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, June 28, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, July 5, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, July 12, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, July 19, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, July 26, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, August 2, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, August 9, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, August 16, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, August 23, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, August 30, 6:15pm – speaker to be announced
- Friday, September 6, 5:45pm – speaker to be announced
Past Speakers
2018 Guest Speakers
- Alithea Phillips, HVSF Voice and Speech Coach
- Shana Cooper, Director of HVSF’s THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
- Davis McCallum, HVSF Artistic Director
- Wesley Mann, longtime HVSF Company member
- The Funny School of Good Acting Commedia Company
- Liz Wisan, Kate in HVSF’s THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
- Jarrod Bates, Hamlet in HVSF’s Touring Production of HAMLET
- Kate Farrington, Writer and Dramaturg
- Dr. Cordelia Zukerman, West Point Assistant Professor of English
- Jennifer Carlquist, Executive Director of Boscobel House and Gardens
- Seth Herbst, West Point Assistant Professor of English
- Christopher Bayes, Clown and Playwright
- Liam Craig, Rip in HVSF’s RIP VAN WINKLE
- Suzanne Agins, Director of HVSF’s THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD
- Marie D’Apice, HVSF Education Associate and Teaching Artist
- Julia Coffey, Richard in HVSF’s RICHARD II
- Nance Williamson, longtime HVSF Company member
- Seth Bockley, Playwright and Director of HVSF’S RIP VAN WINKLE
2017 Guest Speakers
- Davis McCallum, HVSF Artistic Director
- Amanda Dehnert, Director of HVSF’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
- Luke Pontifell, Newburgh-based publisher and founder of Thornwillow Press
- Jennifer Carlquist, Executive Director of Boscobel
- Dr. Cordelia Zukerman, West Point Assistant Professor of English
- Daniel Wechsler, Author of Shakespeare’s Beehive: An Annotated Elizabethan Dictionary Comes to Light
- Penny Metropulos, Director of HVSF’s THE GENERAL FROM AMERICA
- Seth Bockley, Playwright and Director of HVSF’s RIP VAN WINKLE
- Ian Belknap, Artistic Director of The Acting Company
- Kate Hamill, Playwright, HVSF’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
- Kate Farrington, Director of Dramaturgy at The Pearl Theatre Company
- Richard Nelson, Palywright, HVSF’s THE GENERAL FROM AMERICA