Founded in 1987, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival is a critically acclaimed theater company based in Garrison, New York.
The Festival has established a reputation highly inventive productions staged in rotating repertory under an open-air theater tent overlooking the Hudson River.
In recent years, the Festival has also ventured beyond the tent, touring its work to other venues as part of its HVSF On the Road series, transferring productions to other theaters, and reaching over 50,000 students and educators annually through its year-round Education programs. HVSF began performances at its first permanent home in 2022.
Davis McCallum has been Artistic Director since 2014 and he joins us to talk about the 2023 summer season which will feature productions of Shakespeare’s “Henry V” and “Love’s Labour’s Lost” in rep and the World Premiere of a new musical by Alex Bechtel, Grace McLean and Eva Steinmetz entitled “Penelope” - an adaptation of Homer’s “Odyssey” from the point of view of Odysseus’ waiting wife.