As our 30th Anniversary Summer Season comes to a close, all of us at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival would like to offer a hearty THANK YOU to our audience, actors, crew, community, spouses, kids, friends, and other folks who shared in the magic of The Tent this year. It was one for the books – a no-problem play, an all-new clown show, gender-bending antics, all-new music, a forty-person 1930’s classic, a three-woman MACBETH, new faces, and more – and we’re sad to see it go!
So, what happens when The Tent isn’t The Tent anymore? Do we all head home to hibernate until an exciting 2017 summer season drops itself in our lap? No way!
Join us this fall for one of two productions in and around the tri-state:
October 17 – December 2, 2016
Fall Classics Tour: THE TEMPEST and THE SWORD IN THE STONE
Bring HVSF to your own community! Each year we take two small-cast productions on the road to stages, community centers, and schools beyond The Tent: one in the fall and one in the spring. This season’s tour melds two classic stories, THE TEMPEST and THE SWORD IN THE STONE, in an exciting introduction to theater, storytelling and Shakespeare aimed at young audiences (grades K-5). Booking is easy!
October 26 – 31, 2016
GRAVEDIGGER’S TALE in the Boscobel Mansion
Produced by Folger Theatre at Folger Shakespeare Library
Conceived and Directed by Robert Richmond with Louis Butelli
GRAVEDIGGER’S TALE comes to us this fall from Folger Theatre in Washington, D.C. Our Gravedigger, appearing briefly in Act V of Hamlet, arrives onstage at the Boscobel Mansion with a trunk and a book, using Shakespeare’s moving words, traditional music, and help from the audience to bring this enduring story to life. Catch one of seven Halloween Weekend performances for under $40!
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