Hudson Valley Shakespeare Out at the Tent

Out at the Tent Join us on Sunday, June 22 for an evening filled with culture, community, and entertainment. The event begins with picnicking and exploring the grounds (with complimentary surprises!) and ends with a fabulous performance of The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder. Come dressed in your most festive fit, whatever that means to you. Located eighty minutes north of Manhattan, Hudson Valley Shakespeare (HVS) is a professional non-profit theater company that presents a rotating repertory season of both Shakespeare and more contemporary plays and musicals in an open-air theater overlooking the Hudson River. Founded in 1987, HVS’s critically acclaimed body of work is forged from the most essential of elements – actors, audience, language, and landscape. The company’s spectacular 98-acre campus serves as a vibrant hub for the local community, a cultural and educational anchor for the region, and a national model for environmental sustainability in the performing arts. After 38 years of performing in a seasonal tent, in the summer of 2026 HVS will welcome audiences to its first-ever permanent home – the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center, designed by the celebrated architecture firm Studio Gang. Protected from the elements but open to the landscape, the Scripps Theater Center will be the first purpose-built LEED Platinum theater in the United States. As a 501(c)3 not for profit organization and a public trust, our theater belongs to you.