Founded in 1992, Hudson Shakespeare Company continues striving toward bringing the classics and contemporary theater to a myriad of locations and venues in New Jersey and the greater Tri-State area. Through our programs, we seek to create innovative and comfortable atmospheres for all of our personnel, from on stage to back stage and provide broad cultural and artistic exposure and an overall inviting experience for our audiences. At the same time, we have prided ourselves on a long tradition of giving first time directors, actors and technicians their "first crack" in the theater. The company hopes to continue expanding its current touring base and emerging school programs.
Meet our people:
Board of Directors
For more information:
* Concerning our upcoming shows
* Booking one of our Summer or Second Stage shows for a venue or festival in your community
* Inquiring about our Educational workshops and showcases.
* Get on our Show E-mailing list
* Submitting your headshot/resume or get on our Audition E-mailing list
Email
General Information: jciccarelli@hudsonshakespeare.org
Auditions: auditions@hudsonshakespeare.org
Please direct your inquiries to:
General Information 973-449-7443
Fax 973-449-7443
Postal address
The Hudson Shakespeare Company
C/O Jon Ciccarelli
119 Lincoln Avenue
Florham Park, NJ 07932
L. Robert Johnson
Founder/Managing Director
Mr. Johnson began acting and working as a technical advisor over 30 years ago with such NYC companies as Riverside Shakespeare Comapny, All Souls Players, and New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players. Hoping to drum up interest in Shakespeare and increase the presence of theater in his native Jersey City, NJ, he co-founded Civic Theater of Hudson County, Patchwork Theater
Michael Hagins
Resident Fight Choreographer
Michael joined HSC in 2004 and has choreographed over 60 shows in the tri-state area, over 15 with Hudson Shakespeare Company. He has choreographed fights from different periods of plays from Greek theatre to Shakepseare to contemporary work, and has done so in spaces from the tiniest of black boxes to the great outdoors. He is a pending actor-combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, and has Recognized
Noelle Fair
Resident Shakespeare Teaching Artist
Originally from the Baltimore/DC Metro area, Noelle graduated from Towson University in 2006 and has also trained with Irondale Ensemble Project with their Teaching Artist Intensives program. She began teaching artist work in college with Baltimore Shakespeare Festival where she worked with resident teaching artist, Marianne Angelella, assisting as Text Coach and Fight Captain of a production of
Henry IV, Part 1, .at Baltimore City College Noelle also worked with the National Theater Workshop of the Handicapped - which is a resident actor training/performing facility in Belfast, Maine for actors with dissabilities. After graduation, Noelle was asked to head up the drama programs for a camp in Massachusettes where her group of middle school girls performed the World Premiere of Under the Greenwood Tree, a children's book that was adapted into a performance piece using Shakespeare text. Noelle joined Hudson Shakespeare Company in 2008 as Resident Shakespeare Teaching Artist, designing and facilitating several Shakespeare workshops for their school programs. Some programs have included introductions Shakespeare for the Solomon Schectner Middle and High School, West Orange, NJ, St. Mary's High School, Jersey City, NJ, & West Morris Central High School in Chester, NJ and Introductory and Advanced Scene Studies for Fort Lee High School, Fort Leet, NJ. In the summer of 2008 Noelle worked with Shakespeare in the Valley's "Reach for the Stars" Kids' Camp as their Asst. Stage Combat Teacher.
