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HOW
TO CONTACT US.....................................................................
Stageworks/Hudson's administrative
offices are open during normal business hours and often
outside of normal hours at (518) 828-7843 or via email to contact@stageworkshudson.org.
Our mailing address is:
Stageworks/Hudson
41-A Cross Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Our box office line is always available at (518) 822-9667
or via email at boxoffice@stageworkshudson.org
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ABOUT US.............................................................................................
Stageworks is a not-for-profit
501(c)(3) corporation producing professional Equity productions
since 1994. Stageworks, the only professional Equity theater
company in our rural community, provides ground breaking,
adventurous theater to a population that would otherwise
have limited access to high quality plays and programs that
broaden the cultural landscape in ways that are both provocative
and socially responsible. Stageworks is committed to infusing
the theater with opportunities to express, interpret and
share the diversity of human experiences. Stageworks is
a member of Theatre Communications Group, the National Organization
for the American Theater and Columbia County Chamber of
Commerce.
oUR MISSION..........................................................................................
Stageworks is a professional,
not-for-profit cultural organization with a mission to create
meaningful theater productions and programs generated by
an authentic link to the community it serves. Stageworks/Hudson
is dedicated to bringing adventurous theater productions
and programs of high artistic quality to the City of Hudson,
Columbia County and the Mid-Hudson Valley. Central to our
mission is Futures, an integrative program designed to move
Stageworks to the forefront of new play development. Stageworks
is both the experiment and the resource to infuse the whole
life of the theater with a creative process that produces
new ways of expressing, interpreting and sharing the human
experience. Stageworks, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation,
is a member of Theatre Communications Group and Columbia
County Chamber of Commerce.
hISTORY..............................................................................................
Since its inception in 1993, community
involvement and enrichment have been a pivotal focus of
Stageworks. In 2004, through the kindness and extreme generosity
of Richard Katzman and Kaz, Inc. and the efforts of many
people who all agreed that a permanent home for the theater
company would have a positive effect on the quality of life
in Hudson, the Mid-Hudson Valley and the surrounding communities,
a 40,000 square foot former industrial building was donated
to Stageworks. In August 2004, only four months after acquiring
the old Kaz building, and with the help of Assemblyman Patrick
Manning and Hudson Mayor Rick Scalera, Stageworks proudly
opened it's doors with its inaugural season in it's new
home, a theater named for Mr. Katzman's grandparents, The
Max and Lillian Katzman Theater.
Stageworks began producing professional
productions in 1996. After nine years as an itinerant theater
company, Stageworks publicly announced the acquisition of
its new home, new name and new season. Donated labor, materials
and expertise helped to transform the Kaz factory into the
first professional resident theater in the region. This
investment of time and resources has helped to create what
is now a highly acclaimed, award-winning theater company
with a history of producing more than 1,000 performances
and employing more than 400 artists. In addition, more than
75% of its operating budget is returned back to the local
community. As an economic catalyst, Stageworks brings both
vitality and commerce to Columbia County and its neighbors
from ticket buyers who also dine, shop, tour and weekend
in our historic city and region.
aWARDS...............................................................................................
Stageworks received
its fourth recognition from Metroland Magazine in 2007,
this time as the “Best Theater Company” and
was selected by theatergoers throughout the greater Mid-Hudson
region and the Capital District for a 2008 Proctors Regional
Arts Award. Stageworks is also the co-recipient, with Kaz
Inc., of a Crystal Apple Award from the Columbia County
Chamber of Commerce for our partnership in providing a positive
effect both culturally and economically on the quality of
life in our community. Our mainstage plays consistently
garner high critical acclaim and are listed among numerous
yearly "Best Of" and "Top Ten" lists
from reviewers in the greater Albany, Berkshires and the
Mid-Hudson valley.
