Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival to Present Halloween Radio Dramas

After wrapping up a critically acclaimed summer season under its outdoor theater tent, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival is heading indoors. Under the direction of Mike Donahue (The Legend of Georgia McBride, Annie Baker's adaptation of Uncle Vanya), HVSF actors and Foley artists will transport audiences back to the classic age of radio drama in the intimate setting of the Boscobel Mansion to present Suspense! Halloween Radio, two spine-tingling radio dramas The Hitchhiker and Sorry, Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher. Performances are October 28-31 and November 4-8. All performances begin at 7pm. A special reception will follow the performances on October 28 and October 31. Tickets for those performances are $70. Tickets for all other performances are $50. Seniors, members of the military, and students receive applicable discounts. Tickets are available online: http://hvshakespeare.org/whats-playing/buy-tickets.html or through the Box Office: 845-265-9575. Boscobel House and Gardens is located at 1601 Route 9D in Garrison. For more information call (845) 809-5750 x16

About The Plays

The Hitchhiker

You'll be on the edge of your seat as Ronald Adams travels on his unforgettable cross-country journey while being relentlessly followed by a supernatural hitchhiker. The plot twists and turns as Ronald realizes that only he can see the hitchhiker, causing him to become more and more undone.

Sorry, Wrong Number

Leona Stevenson's only lifeline is the telephone. However, when phone lines cross, she overhears two men planning a murder. Desperate to thwart the crime, Leona begins a series of calls-- but no one takes her seriously and time is running out. The question is: for whom?

About the Director

Mike Donahue is a NYC-based freelance director of new plays, classics, musicals and opera. Productions include the world premiere of Matthew Lopez's The Legend of Georgia McBride at Denver Center; the premiere of Jen Silverman's The Hunters as part of the 2014 Cherry Lane Mentor Project (Lynn Nottage, mentor); Assassins at PlayMakers Rep; Annie Baker's adaptation of Uncle Vanya with Campbell Scott and Kathleen McElfresh Scott at The Weston Playhouse. He is a recipient of a Fulbright to Berlin, the Dramaleague Fall Directing Fellowship, The Boris Sagal Fellowship at the Williamstown Theater Festival, the Tennessee Williams Fellowship from The University of the South, a Theatertreffen International Forum Fellow (Berlin), an alum of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, winner of the Inaugural Opera America Director-Designer Showcase Award, and was the artistic director of the Yale Summer Cabaret for two seasons. Mike is a graduate of Harvard University (Louis Sudler Prize for Artistic Excellence) and the Yale School of Drama (MFA).

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