Hudson Valley Performing Arts Laboratory

After 7 years of growth and learning we are announcing our last show before closing down. Read the rest of this newsletter by clicking our linktree in bio.
Join us this Sunday for our final production and bid farewell to a wonderful era of experimental theater in the Hudson Valley!

Casting CLOSES THURSDAY at noon for this summer’s Performing Art as part of the season! Every performance we create is different because it is inspired by the art on display! Let’s get to (art)work!
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Do you want to be a part of our next devised, site-specific show? We are looking for artists to join us for our second collaboration with as part of this summer’s season!
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Save the date, friends! This one is going to be very special. Our 5 Year Anniversary show is coming up in a few weeks!
Live, immersive, site-specific theater right here in the Hudson Valley! So excited to be back for this special one-day-only event welcoming new performers and audience members!
The show is free but reservations are strongly encouraged! See link in bio for rsvp details!

Networking meets theater meets coffee! Join us in New Paltz tomorrow morning to say Hi and see what everyone is up to. Let us know you’re coming by rsvp-ing via our link in bio.
10am-11 at Dry Fly in New Paltz

Our casting is open for only a few more days! Link in bio for details!
Join us for a devised performance project at

DID YOU KNOW this year will be our 5th Anniversary of producing Performing Art? We cannot wait to launch this production at in late February, but first we will be seeking our 2024 cast of intrepid performers.
Come to one of our two upcoming audition workshops (via zoom) to learn what it's all about.

TONIGHT at 6:30 is the first of three Director’s Labs! Since we are zooming, you can join from anywhere! Let's talk process, preparation and communication. And like all our Labs, it's FREE!
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What lights your creative fire? Let's talk about it (and other topics related to creativity) this SUNDAY! Check out our events page on our website for details.

Is that back-to-school energy making you want to buy a new pencil case and pick out a new binder? You can channel that drive by signing up for our fall programs. Support your writing practice, learn about directing, or just check in with your creativity. Everything starts this October!

New this season we are launching the Creative Crowd, a three-part series dedicated to exploring creative practice and building community. You can learn more about our programming this season or sign up with the link in our bio!

Hello there! There’s still time to join the cast of Performing Art at Vassar - check out the link in our bio.

Do you have questions about the upcoming Performing Art? Swing by our virtual info session this Wednesday: (link in bio)

Wonder what’s happening here? Performing Art 2023 at the Dorsky earlier this year! Sign ups are still open for Performing Art at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar: (link in bio)

Today's the day! Come see Performing Art 2023 at at 3 p.m.!

We you'll come say hi! RSVP: https://www.hvpal.org/classes-and-events

Performing Art 2023 is tomorrow! We are so excited to bring our fourth collaboration with the Dorsky Museum to our community!

The catch?

There's only ONE opportunity to see the show! Tickets are FREE but RSVPs are highly encouraged (link in bio)

This is the last chance to hang out with Lab before we go on our spring hiatus. See you there!

Performing Art 2023 goes up in two days! Come see the work of all of our collaborators this Sunday!

RSVP: https://www.hvpal.org/classes-and-events

The meet and greet hang went fantastic- we’ll have to do this again sometime!

At our last Open House, there were a couple of people who wanted to just hang out and get a coffee… so let’s do it! Meet up tomorrow at the Dry Fly in New Paltz and let us know you’re coming: https://www.hvpal.org/classes-and-events

We had a great first day at the ! Come see the performance on April 2nd: (link in bio)
Can’t wait til then? The Devised Directing Intensive starts tonight: (link in bio)
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Our Artistic Director, Liz, is teaching a Devised Directing Intensive this March!

In this four-part class we will take a deep dive into the devising process from the director’s point of view. Each student will develop a devising project and take it through critical developmental stages, beginning with a concept and proceeding through a project outline, location options, casting plan, and schedule.

If you are interested, you can register here: https://www.hvpal.org/classes-and-events

Performing Art is back again!⁠
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Performing Art is a highly-collaborative, annual project that brings together a diverse ensemble of creators to explore the relationship between visual and performing art. The blue link box below is to RSVP for the performance. If you would like to sign up to be a performer, go here: https://www.hvpal.org/performing-art

Thank you to everyone who came to our Open House last Tuesday! We were so excited to see so many new and familiar faces.

Performing Art 2023 and our first ever Devised Directing Intensive start in less than a month. There will be more information to come, but if you're curious you can read more about both programs and register on our website now! (link in bio)

Can you believe it? Open House is tomorrow night. Make sure to swing by and hear about our upcoming programming or just to say hello!

You can let us know your coming here: (link in bio)!

We want to meet you, and introduce you to the Hudson Valley performing arts community. Our annual Open House is the best way to learn about the Lab and connect with our dynamic performing arts scene.

Come see what the Lab is up to in 2023! Let us know that you're coming: (link in bio)

Happy New Year from The Lab!

We had a 2022 full of collaboration and devising. We started with Performing Art 2022 and our Five Year Anniversary Gala. We had many Writer’s and Actor’s Labs with some amazing guest directors leading to an in-person New Works Reading last July. We also continued to develop Shakespeare Unplugged last summer at Powerhouse. We had our first ever Director’s Lab this fall and said goodbye to 2022 with (The First Annual) Hudson Valley Musical Theatre Writers Salon.

Thank you for joining us this year and stay tuned for how to collaborate and create in 2023!

Photo Credit for Performing Art:
Photo Credit for Shakespeare Unplugged:
Photo Credit for Hudson Valley Musical Theatre Writer’s Salon:

Meet Katya Stanislavskaya, the Music Director for our Musical Theatre Writer’s Salon this Saturday! (Don’t forget to RSVP because there is limited space)

Katya Stanislavskaya's full-length musicals include Resident Alien (Weston New Musical Award, APAC, Western Carolina University), Women on Love (54Below, Gillioz Theater, Temple University), and Going South (Dixon Place, Musical Theatre Factory). She was a two-time MacDowell Fellow, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, winner of the BMI Workshop Harrington Award, and has had work developed and/or performed at New Dramatists, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Joe's Pub, Ars Nova, Prospect Theater, York Theater, 54Below, and the Johnny Mercer Foundation/Goodspeed Musicals Writers' Grove. Her most recent musical, The Useful Citizen, won her a Drescher Leave, a SURE Grant, and a staged reading at SUNY-New Paltz, where she is an Assistant Professor of Musical Theater. When not writing, Katya is a music director/pianist, teacher, mom, wife, dog mom, and a proud maker of puns. https://pitlight31.wixsite.com/mysite

We had a great kick off of our Writer’s Lab last night!

If you missed it last night- join us next Tuesday. Jumpstart or support your writing process at our Writer's Lab! Writers who workshop their work in September or October will have the opportunity to continue development with actors in our Actor's and Director’s Labs.

Writers! If you have a piece you want to hear and get feedback on send it to [email protected] and RSVP here: (link in bio)

We’re back from hiatus! It's been a busy and creative summer, and we hope everyone found some time to rest and relax!

There are some really exciting things coming up this season, starting with the announcement of our fall Lab schedule. Also, new this season we are offering a Lab devoted to the director's craft.

Our first Lab of the season is tomorrow! You can RSVP here: (link in bio)

Don’t miss your last chance to see Shakespeare: Unplugged! Our last performance is today at 2: (link in bio).