The Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center in Garrison, New York. Photo: Jason O’Rear / Studio Gang.
Four decades after launching with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hudson Valley Shakespeare will return to the play for its 40th anniversary season, alongside a Sondheim musical, a reimagined Chekhov comedy and Macbeth.
The company announced Wednesday that its 2027 repertory season will run from June 2 through October 3 at the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center in Garrison, New York. The venue, designed by Studio Gang, opened in 2026 on a 98-acre campus overlooking the Hudson Highlands.
The lineup opens June 2 with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Ryan Quinn, and running through September 25. Aaron Posner’s The Cherry Tortured, or the Parable of the Great Unsticking, a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard set in the present-day Hudson Valley, follows June 4 through July 31, directed by artistic director Davis McCallum.
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Sunday in the Park with George, directed by Amanda Dehnert, runs June 6 through September 4. Jenn Thompson directs Shakespeare’s Macbeth, scheduled from August 7 through October 3.
Hudson Valley Shakespeare said more than 35,000 people attended its inaugural season at the new theater. Its 2027 program will also include eight subsidized student matinees of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Macbeth between September 15 and October 1, with student tickets priced at $15.
Casting and general ticket information have yet to be announced. Performances will take place at the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center, 2015 Route 9, Garrison, New York. Further information is available at Hudson Valley Shakespeare.
“Forty years on, our belief in the alchemy of live theater remains unchanged, but the possibilities of what we can create together have never felt more exciting,” McCallum said in the season announcement.
