HVSF 2 AT THE DEPOT THEATRE The tenth season of HVSF’s popular new works series kicks off in August! Discover new stories and old friends in an intimate theater setting: The Philipstown Depot Theatre inside Garrison Landing’s historic train station.
Hook’s Tale By John Leonard Pielmeier Directed by Anna Strasser
Tuesday, August 6 7:30pm
All Tickets $20. The Philipstown Depot Theatre 10 Garrison’s Landing Garrison, NY 10524 3 miles south of HVSF
The “Dastardly Villain” of Peter Pan fame gets his turn at the helm in John Pielmeier’s charming, coming-of-old-age tale. A host of characters lead our antihero, Captain James Hook, along life’s weighty arc–from Youth through Maturity and inevitable Mortality–and the notorious pirate’s story begins to look far different from that penned by J.M. Barrie. Hook’s Tale will have its world premiere in the Spring of 2020 at Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston, TX. This Presentation is made by Special Arrangement with Donald Corren.
Scarlet Letter By Kate Hamill Directed by Sarna Lapine
Friday, August 9 7:30pm
The Face Of It A Storyhorse Documentary Theater Piece Written by Jeremy Davidson Directed by Mary Stuart Masterson
As the adulterous Hester Prynne faces a raging public and a vengeful, long-lost husband, Hamill (Pride and Prejudice playwright and adapter extraordinaire) sheds new light and laughter on the sin, shame, and utter insanity of a puritanical society not far from our own mad, modern world. Adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Storyhorse Documentary Theater’s collection of three one-act plays was inspired by transcribed conversations, historical documents, and other primary sources, and focuses on the social, political, environmental, and medical issues faced by Hudson Valley citizens.
Sunday, August 11 7:30pm
Bewilderness By Zachary Fine Directed by Davis McCallum
Wednesday, August 14 7:30pm 42
Did you know that Henry David Thoreau wrote a flop of epic proportions before penning his American masterpiece, Walden? In this buoyant new work, writer/actor/director and consummate clown Zachary Fine offers a hilarious celebration of one of America’s greatest authors, and the stunning, catastrophic failures we all must face on the road to our biggest creative revelations.
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival 2019
