Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    IN A TYPICAL YEAR, HVSF WOULD HAVE PRODUCED 3-5 PRODUCTIONS UNDER ITS ICONIC OPEN AIR THEATER TENT TO MORE THAN 30,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS AS A PART OF ITS ANNUAL SUMMER THEATER SEASON. DUE TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC, HVSF WAS FORCED TO CANCEL OUR ENTIRE 2020 SEASON. THE SEASON WAS SLATED TO INCLUDE THREE PRODUCTIONS: SHAKESPEARE'S "RICHARD III" TO BE DIRECTED BY KURT RHOADS, THE WORLD PREMIERE COMISSION OF A NEW ADAPTATION OF CARLO GOLDONI'S "THE VENETIAN TWINS" BY DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER BAYES AND STEVEN EPP AND A NEW MUSICAL ADAPTATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S "LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST" DIRECTED BY AMANDA DEHNERT, FEATURING AN ORIGINAL SCORE. DESPITE THE ENORMOUS DISAPPOINTMENT THAT CAME WITH THIS CANCELLATION, HVSF WAS ABLE TO MOVE SOME PROGRAMMING ONLINE INCLUDING TWO VIRTUAL SERIES: "TENT TALKS AND "SHAKESPEARE SHAKEN AND STIRRED."
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $840.8K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    THIS WAS THE 26TH YEAR OF HVSF'S WELL-ESTABLISHED AND HIGHLY REGARDED EDUCATION PROGRAM. HVSF'S SCHOOL PROGRAMMING TYPICALLY REACHES MORE THAN 15,000 STUDENTS AT MORE THAN 40 SCHOOLS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA. ULTIMATELY, THE 2020 PLANNED AND REHEARSED SCHOOL TOUR OF SHAKESPEARE'S "MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING" BECAME A ZOOM PERFORMANCE SHARED WITH SCHOOLS AS A REMOTE PROGRAM THAT WAS RECORDED FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020 WE WERE ABLE TO RESUME SOME OF OUR ANNUAL SCHOOL WORKSHOPS AND RESIDENCIES, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THIS PROGRAMMING WAS ALSO MOVED TO THE REMOTE CLASSROOM IN THE SPRING AND FALL OF 2020. IN TOTAL, THE 2020 TOUR WAS ABLE TO REACH 4,320 STUDENTS AT 18 SCHOOLS THROUGH A MIXTURE OF IN-PERSON (PRIOR TO SCHOOL CLOSURES) AND REMOTE PROGRAMMING.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $102.2K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    THE ANNUAL HVSF NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT SERIES OCCURRED OVER ZOOM IN AUGUST. 2020 READINGS INCLUDED HVSF'S COMISSIONED "UNTILTED AGATHA PROJECT" BY HEIDI ARMBRUSTER, "PARADISE LOST" BY ERIN SHIELDS, AND "SEIZE THE KING" A REINTERPRETATION OF "RICHARD III" BY WILL POWER. THE BAKE-OFF COMMUNITY PLAYWRIGHTING SERIES ALSO OCURED OVER ZOOM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FIVE LOCAL LIBRARIES WITH ONLINE WRITING WORKSHOPS ATTENDED BY 150 PEOPLE AND RECEIVED OVER 70 PLAY SUBMISSONS A RECORD. SIX PLAYS WERE SELECTED FOR THE FINAL READING IN THE FALL. THE 2020 THEME WAS "MAHINCANTUCK, THE RIVER THAT FLOWS BOTH WAYS." MAHINCANTUCK IS A NAME USED FOR THE HUDSON RIVER BY THE LENAPE AND MOHICAN PEOPLE. HVSF PARTNERED WITH THE LENAPE CENTER TO SUPPORT THE PLAYWRIGHTS AND TO HELP THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTAND THE RIVER'S SIGNIFICANCE TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. THE "BAKEOFF" IS A PART OF HVSF'S FULL CIRCLE INITIATIVE TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN COMMUNITY THROUGH RADICALLY PARTICIPATORY ART-MAKING.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $4.3K