Studio Gang Completes Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center for Hudson Valley Shakespeare
The Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center has officially opened in Garrison, New York, marking the first permanent home for Hudson Valley Shakespeare. Designed by Studio Gang, led by Jeanne Gang, alongside Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, this six-year project features a 451-seat open-air auditorium with a unique curved mass-timber grid shell. Construction began in September 2024, with ambitions for LEED Platinum certification and carbon neutrality by 2040. The theater's inaugural season will launch in June 2026, showcasing productions including As You Like It, King Lear, and Les Misérables.
Key facts
- Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center opened in Garrison, New York.
- Designed by Studio Gang and Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects.
- Six-year project establishing Hudson Valley Shakespeare's first permanent home.
- 451-seat open-air auditorium with curved mass-timber grid shell.
- Construction began September 2024.
- Targeting LEED Platinum certification.
- First full season starts June 2026 with As You Like It, King Lear, and Les Misérables.
- Aims for carbon neutrality by 2040.
Entities
Artists
- Jeanne Gang
Institutions
- Studio Gang
- Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
- Hudson Valley Shakespeare
- Boscobel House and Gardens
- Nelson Byrd Woltz
- Thornton Tomasetti
- Art Massif
- Fisher Dachs Associates
- Threshold Acoustics
- Buro Happold
- Tillotson Design Associates
- Badey & Watson
- Flyleaf Creative Inc.
- Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
- Consigli
- About The Work
- Dezeen
Locations
- Garrison
- New York
- United States
- Hudson Highlands
- Hudson River
- Wey-Gat landscape
- Boscobel House and Gardens