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2026 Season Announcement
Inaugural Season in the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center Announced!
Feb 28, 2025
HVS Announces New Directors of Development and Marketing & Communications
HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE WELCOMES MARTHA PEARSON AS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT and KIRSTY GAUKEL AS DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Hudson Valley Shakespeare (Davis McCallum, Artistic Director; Kendra Ekelund, Managing Director) announced...
Nov 13, 2024
2025 Season Announcement
(November 13, 2024 – New York) Hudson Valley Shakespeare (HVS) (Davis McCallum, Artistic Director; Kendra Ekelund, Managing Director) announced today their 2025 Season.
Oct 13, 2024
2024 HVS Gala Press Release and Performance Announcement
Press Contacts: Print Shop PR Matt Ross / Liz Lombardi / Josie Miller ANNOUNCES PERFORMERS FOR THE 2024 GALA THE FUTURE IS NOW HONORING CARRIE PRESTON FOR HER REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARTS & PATRICIA KING RECIPIENT OF THE MARIT AND LARS...
Sep 26, 2024
HVS Breaks Ground on New Permanent Home
THE SAMUEL H. SCRIPPS THEATER CENTER TO BE FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT LEED PLATINUM THEATER IN THE UNITED STATES (September 25, 2024 – New York) Hudson Valley Shakespeare (HVS) (Davis McCallum, Artistic Director; Kendra Ekelund, Managing Director)...
Sep 25, 2024
An Update on Our Anti-Racism Commitments & Actions
At HVS, inclusion is one of our core values. As a predominantly white institution, we acknowledge that our actions and procedures have often upheld established systems of white supremacy that are directly opposed to this core value. With this...
Aug 08, 2024
A summer Shakespeare Fest without the Bard? Just wait until you see what’s in the cards
GARRISON — Davis McCallum, director of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare, took a big risk this year: For the first time in its 37-year history, the festival will not present one of its namesake’s complete plays.
Aug 08, 2024
All Hail the Queen!
Shakespeare’s Margaret takes center stage Whitney White’s trajectory from MFA to CAA happened fast. After earning a Master of Fine Arts from Brown University in 2015, she is now represented by Creative Artists Agency, a talent juggernaut in...
Aug 08, 2024
REVIEW: ‘Medea: Re-Versed’ puts an exciting new spin on a classic Greek tragedy
“Medea: Re-versed” is an idea whose time has come. Marrying a hundred words a minute of furious rapping and street beats with the grandeur and epic emotions of Greek tragedy makes perfect sense in this production by Luis Quintero which was...
Aug 08, 2024
Schumer pledges $1.5M for new Hudson Valley Shakespeare theater
GARRISON – Hudson Valley Shakespeare can expect a $1.5 million boost to its building fund, thanks to a grant pledged by U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York. The festival has unveiled ambitious (and expensive) plans for a permanent theater on...
Aug 08, 2024
The Gift of Living in Whitney White’s Queendom
An intrepid, in-demand force in the American theatre, this writer-director is finding more to say through Shakespeare’s only recurring female character, Queen Margaret.
Jul 03, 2024
15 Summer Theaters for That Nearby, Out-of-Town Experience
Summer used to be when playgoing in the city came to a full stop. With no air-conditioning, most shows closed, at least until fall. But now that urban theater is a year-round sport, Memorial Day is more like a comma than a period. Notable...
