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The Hudson Warehouse is a theatre company in New York City that presents classical plays in modern settings.〔(Hudson Warehouse )〕 Known as "The Other Shakespeare in the Park,"〔(Warehouse Announces Free Classics in the Park," Off-Off Broadway, May 16, 2008 )〕 the company was founded in 2004 by Nicholas Martin-Smith, who serves as its artistic director.〔 Summer performances take place on the North Patio of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park, at West 89th Street and Riverside Drive in New York City, along the Hudson River. The theater company's winter home is Goddard Riverside's Bernie Wohl Center and the winter season consists of two productions. The theater's full year season includes five productions of the classics, including Shakespeare, Euripides and Chekhov.〔(Shakespeare, Outside and Urban," The New York Times, June 3, 2010 )〕 Along with Martin-Smith, and the Assistant Artistic Director Susane Lee, the Artists in Residence include Bruce Barton, David Palmer Brown, Tommy Demenkoff, Nick DeVita, Jared Kirby, Roxann Kraemer, Ian Harkins, Christopher Moore, Ruth Nightengale, Emily Rose Parman, Vince Phillip, Roger Dale Stude, and George K. Wells.〔 == History == Hudson Warehouse's first season in 2004 consisted of a single modest production of ''The Tempest'', performed over two weeks that July. The season has since extended to the whole summer, with three productions that each have a month-long run. Past productions include ''Hamlet'', ''Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''The Taming of the Shrew'', ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre'', ''MacBeth'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Merry Wives of Windsor'', ''Cyrano'' and ''Trojan Women'', adapted from the tragedy by Euripides. Hudson Warehouse productions in 2012 were ''The Comedy of Errors'', ''The Rover'', and ''Richard III''. The company also holds readings and workshops throughout the year, including its 'Shakespeare in the Bar' series and the 'Writers-a-Go-Go' (WAGG) contemporary play reading series.〔(This In," The Gothamist, June 20, 2006 )〕〔(Warehouse Summer Season 2009: Three Actors Play Hamlet -- Interactively," The Shakespeare Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2009 )〕 In addition to the summer season and other Shakespeare readings throughout the year, the company also teaches workshops on the classics to high school students, brings its productions into schools, run the 'Hudson Warehouse Shakespeare Workout' and teach play writing to 4th and 5th graders as part of the 'Afterschool Program' at Goddard Riverside. In the Autumn of 2013 the Hudson Warehouse became the Resident Theater Company at Goddard Riverside's Bernie Wohl Arts Center at Columbus Avenue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Their 11th season in November 2013 began with a remounting of their June 2013 production of ''The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)'', by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, at the Bernie Wohl Center Directed by Susane Lee. The cast included Ian Harkins, Rafe Terrizzi and Nicholas Martin-Smith. This was followed by a production of Julius Caesar in March 2014. Their Summer Season at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park includes ''King John'' directed by Jerrod Bogard, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith and The Winter's Tale also directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hudson Warehouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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