スタジオ・ギャングがアメリカ・ニューヨーク州に手がけた、屋内外が融合する木造グリッドシェルの劇場〈サミュエル・H・スクリップス・シアター・センター〉

CULTURE 2026.09.13

ニューヨーク州ギャリソンに、劇団ハドソン・バレー・シェイクスピア（HVS）の新たな本拠地となる劇場〈サミュエル・H・スクリップス・シアター・センター（Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center）〉が完成しました。

建築・都市デザイン事務所のスタジオ・ギャング（Studio Gang）が設計を手がけた本施設は、劇団の伝統である野外公演の魅力を引き継ぎつつ、通年利用を可能にした屋内・屋外融合型の劇場空間です。

注目ポイント

雄大なハドソン・バレーの景色を切り取るプロセニアム・アーチ

曲線を描く木造グリッドシェル構造によるマス・ティンバー建築

アメリカ初となる野外劇場としてのLEEDプラチナ認証を目指す

生態系再生を軸としたランドスケープ・デザイン

（以下、スタジオ・ギャングから提供されたプレスキットのテキストの抄訳）

〈サミュエル・H・スクリップス・シアター・センター（Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center）〉スタジオ・ギャング（Studio Gang）

©︎ Jason-O’Rear

屋内外が融合する環境配慮型のシアター

ハドソン・バレーの豊かな景観の中に観客と俳優を没入させるよう設計された〈サミュエル・H・スクリップス・シアター・センター〉は、ハドソン・バレー・シェイクスピア（HVS）の野外公演のためのユニークな屋内・屋外融合型空間として、比類のない劇場体験を提供する。

生態系の回復と、環境に配慮したグリーンデザインへの気候変動対応型投資に重点を置いたこの新しいキャンパスは、アメリカの演劇界全体を見渡しても類を見ない存在であり、文化的空間づくり、教育プログラム、地域社会との関わり、そして環境の持続可能性を、この壮大な1カ所に集約している。

スタジオ・ギャング設計によるHVS初の恒久的本拠地

1987年、マニトガでの『真夏の夜の夢』の野外公演を皮切りに設立されたHVSは、翌夏に〈ボスコベル・ハウス・アンド・ガーデンズ〉に移転し、その後数十年にわたり、季節限定の野外テントの下でメインステージのシーズン公演を行ってきた。

2022年、HVSはクリストファー・デイヴィスから譲り受けた、ニューヨーク州ギャリソンにある現在の98エーカーのキャンパスに移転した。建築・都市デザイン事務所スタジオ・ギャングが率いた劇場の設計は、劇場の通年利用を可能にし、キャンパス内の動線を改善するとともに、より幅広いプログラムの実施を可能にした。

©︎ Jason-O’Rear

景観を借景するプロセニアム・アーチと木造グリッドシェル

曲線を描く木造グリッドシェルが特徴のこの新しい劇場は、リハーサル、公演、教育、アメニティのためのスペースを充実させ、より多様な観客のためのアクセシビリティを向上させ、HVSの公演に新たな可能性をもたらす技術的設備を備えている。

劇場に用いられた天然素材と曲線的な構造は、建築が周囲の景観と調和するのを助けている。自然を劇場の創作活動の最前線に据え、舞台のプロセニアム・アーチはハドソン・ハイランズの象徴的な景色を額縁のように取り込み、HVSの公演が定評のある自然の背景を創り出している。

6,800平方フィート、451席の劇場に隣接して、さらに10,000平方フィートのエリアが設けられており、ここには楽屋、グリーンルーム、衣装室、オフィスに加え、売店や公衆トイレのための独立したスペースも備わっている。

©︎ Jason-O’Rear

©︎ Studio Gang

©︎ Jason-O’Rear

生態系を再生し、来場者を自然へ誘うランドスケープ

2020年に策定された98エーカーの敷地に関する包括的なマスタープランに基づき、ランドスケープアーキテクトのネルソン・バード・ウォルツ（Nelson Byrd Woltz）は、生息地の回復と詩的な到着体験を軸にキャンパス設計を行った。

自然を劇場の生活に融合させるというHVSの取り組みを後押しするため、キャンパス設計には14エーカーに及ぶ新たな植栽が含まれており、これにより敷地の生物多様性が活性化され、来場者をハドソンバレーの風景へと誘う。

バリアフリーの遊歩道が在来種の草地を縫うように伸び、ハドソン川と「ウェイ・ガット（Wey-Gat、風の門）」と呼ばれる雄大な断崖を一望できる場所にたどり着く。そこは、劇場への序章となる場所である。ステージと川に面した広々としたピクニック用芝生も整備されている。

©︎ Jason-O’Rear

米国初の野外劇場LEEDプラチナ認証に向けたサステナビリティ戦略

建築とランドスケープデザインが相まって、今後何世代にもわたり、芸術と環境の両方を舞台の中心に据えている。

低炭素のマス・ティンバー（大規模木造）の採用、屋上ソーラーパネル、雨水の収集・再利用、そして生物多様性を支える在来種の草地や湿地の復元など、統合された持続可能性戦略により、この劇場はLEEDプラチナ認証の取得に向け順調に進んでおり、米国でこのレベルの認証を取得する初の専用設計の野外劇場となる見込みである。HVSはまた、2040年までにキャンパス全体のカーボンニュートラルを達成することを目指している。

Sustainability Diagram ©︎ Studio Gang

「HVSのこのエキサイティングな新たな章を形づくる手助けができたことは、大変やりがいのあることであった。私のスタジオは、人々を結びつけ、自然とつながりを生む空間を創造するという、HVSと深く共有する確固たる信念をもっている。この新しい劇場は、HVSの野外公演がもつ独自の魅力を維持・向上させるだけでなく、俳優、スタッフ、観客のすべてを支える最先端の施設も提供する。建物の曲線を描く大規模木造構造は、敷地の自然の美しさと調和しつつ、文化・舞台芸術空間のより持続可能な未来を体現している」

スタジオ・ギャング創設パートナー
ジャンヌ・ギャング（Jeanne Gang）

「過去6年間にわたり、HVSと協力して、芸術と自然が融合する場所としてこの素晴らしい敷地の計画と設計に携わることができたことは光栄であった。景観に根ざした劇場というHVSのビジョンに触発され、新キャンパスの設計は、来訪者が創造的な卓越性とともに、この敷地の魔法を体験できるようにしている。HVS初の恒久的な本拠地の形成と、敷地の生態系の再生に貢献できることを大変嬉しく思う」

ネルソン・バード・ウォルツ・ランドスケープ・アーキテクツシニア・プリンシパル
トーマス・ウォルツ（Thomas Woltz）

©︎ Jason-O’Rear

Constructio ©︎ Consigli

Constructio ©︎ Studio Gang

以下、スタジオ・ギャングのリリース（英文）です。

CELEBRATES THE OPENING OF THE SAMUEL H. SCRIPPS THEATER CENTER

A HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY DAY WILL BE HELD MAY 17 PERFORMANCES FOR THE 2026 SEASON BEGIN JUNE 10

(May 14, 2026 – New York) Hudson Valley Shakespeare (HVS) (Davis McCallum, Artistic Director; Kendra Ekelund, Managing Director) is thrilled to share that the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center is officially open, following a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning in Garrison, NY, which marked the completion of a six-year-long project to give the company its first-ever permanent home and theater.

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Artistic Director Davis McCallum, Managing Director Kendra Ekelund, members of the Board of Directors, staff, and the 2026 Acting Company were joined by Christopher Davis; Wendy Scripps; Richard Feldman of the Samuel H. Scripps Foundation; members of the Scripps family; Erika Mallin, Executive Director of the New York State Council on the Arts; Linda Malave, Regional Director, Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council, Kevin Byrne, Putnam County Executive, and many ROOTED Campaign supporters. Also in attendance were architect Jeanne Gang; representatives from Consigli Construction Co., Studio Gang, Nelson Byrd Woltz, and About The Work; and members of the theater’s extended community of artists. The celebration featured remarks and a performance excerpt from As You Like It, marking the first performance in the new theater.

“Today marks the realization of a vision years in the making for Hudson Valley Shakespeare. A permanent home that is rooted in language, landscape, and community allows us to welcome more people into the shared experience of live performance. For our artists, audiences, students, and neighbors, this campus creates new possibilities for gathering, learning, and experiencing the arts in one of the most extraordinary settings in New York,” said Davis McCallum, Artistic Director. “The Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center was made possible by two extraordinary acts of generosity: Christopher Davis’s vision in conveying this 98-acre landscape to HVS, and Wendy Scripps’s lead philanthropic support, naming this theater in honor of her father, Samuel H. Scripps. We are also deeply grateful to the many donors to the ROOTED Campaign whose generosity helped turn this shared dream into a reality. Together, their support reflects a collective belief in the power of theater to bring people together, and to deepen our connection to the natural world.”

“The opening of the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center recognizes the important role that arts and culture organizations play in strengthening communities, welcoming visitors, supporting local economies, and stewarding shared public spaces,” said Kendra Ekelund, Managing Director. “We are deeply grateful to Governor Kathy Hochul, the New York State Council on the Arts, Empire State Development, the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council, all of our state and regional partners, and our supporters and neighbors for their transformational public investment in this project. Along with our project partners at Studio Gang, Nelson Byrd Woltz, and Consigli, their extraordinary confidence in this project and in the future of Hudson Valley Shakespeare gives us the opportunity to welcome everyone with generosity, joy, and care for many years to come.”

Designed to immerse audiences and actors in the rich landscape of the Hudson Valley, the Scripps Theater Center’s unique indoor-outdoor setting for the company’s open-air productions offers an unparalleled theater experience. With a focus on ecological restoration and climate-smart investment in green design, the new campus is unique in the wider cultural landscape of the American theater, bringing together cultural placemaking, educational programming, community engagement, and environmental sustainability onto one spectacular site.

Founded in 1987 with an outdoor production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Manitoga, Hudson Valley Shakespeare moved the following summer to Boscobel House and Gardens, where its mainstage season was performed under a seasonal open-air tent for decades. In 2022, HVS moved to its current 98-acre campus in Garrison, NY, conveyed to the company by Christopher Davis. Led by the renowned architecture and urban design practice Studio Gang, the design of the Scripps Theater extends the theater’s year-round functionality, improves circulation across the campus, and enables a wider range of programming. Featuring a curved, timber-framed grid shell, the new theater provides improved rehearsal, performance, education, and amenity spaces; expanded accessibility for more diverse audiences; and technical additions that create new opportunities for HVS productions. The theater’s natural material palette and curved structure help the architecture integrate with the surrounding landscape. Positioning nature at the forefront of the theater’s creative work, the stage’s proscenium arch frames iconic views of the Hudson Highlands, creating the natural backdrop HVS productions are known for having. Adjacent to the 6,800-square-foot, 451-seat theater is an additional 10,000-square-foot area with dressing rooms, a green room, wardrobe facilities, and offices, as well as separate spaces for concessions and public washrooms.

Beginning with a comprehensive master plan for the 98-acre site in 2020, landscape architects Nelson Byrd Woltz designed the campus around habitat restoration and a poetic arrival experience. Supporting HVS’s commitment to integrating nature into the life of the theater, the campus design includes fourteen acres of new plantings that reinvigorate the site’s biodiversity and draw visitors into the Hudson Valley landscape. Accessible paths wind through native meadows, arriving at sweeping views over the Hudson and the magnificent cliffs of the Wey-Gat (“Wind Gate”) —a prelude to the theater. Ample picnic lawns face the stage and the river.

The architecture and landscape design work together to place both art and the environment center stage for generations to come. Integrated sustainability strategies, including the use of low-carbon mass timber, rooftop solar panels, rainwater harvesting and reuse, and restored native grasses and wetlands that support biodiversity, have put the theater on track to receive LEED Platinum certification and to become the first purpose-built, open-air theater in the United States to achieve this level of certification. HVS is also committed to achieving carbon neutrality for its campus by 2040.

Additional design and consulting were provided by Thornton Tomasetti (structural engineering), Art Massif (mass timber), Fisher Dachs Associates (theater), Threshold Acoustics (acoustics/AV), Badey & Watson (civil engineer), Buro Happold (MEP, FP, IT, Security Engineering and Sustainability) Flyleaf Creative Inc. (signage/wayfinding), Tillotson Design Associates (lighting), Tectonic Engineering (geotechnical engineer), and SGH.

HVS broke ground for the construction project on September 25, 2024, with Consigli Construction Co., Inc. serving as Construction Manager.

In recognition of the leadership campaign support from Wendy Scripps, the new theater has been named in honor of her father Samuel H. Scripps (1927-2007), a visionary philanthropist whose passion for theater and dance profoundly shaped American culture. From an early age, Sam developed a deep love for Shakespeare, which would guide his lifelong commitment to the arts. With his wife, Luise Elcanness Scripps (1927-2015), Sam played a pivotal role in promoting and supporting dance and theater across the United States and around the globe and the SHS Foundation has been instrumental in advancing the performing arts, and continues to be a key supporter of theater and dance institutions today. Hudson Valley Shakespeare is deeply honored to name our theater in Sam’s memory, in recognition of his and Luise’s lifelong enthusiasm for Shakespeare, and their devotion to the artistic community of the Hudson Valley region. Hudson Valley Shakespeare is profoundly grateful to Wendy Scripps, to Richard Feldman, President of the SHS Foundation, and to the entire Scripps Family for their leadership support of this project.

“It’s been so rewarding to help shape this next exciting chapter for Hudson Valley Shakespeare,” said Studio Gang Founding Partner Jeanne Gang. “My Studio shares with HVS a deeply held commitment to creating spaces that bring people together and connect them to nature. This new theater not only preserves and enhances the unique qualities of HVS’s open-air performances, but also provides state-of-the-art facilities that support actors, staff, and audiences alike. The building’s curved mass timber structure harmonizes with the natural beauty of the site while modeling a more sustainable future for cultural and performing arts spaces.”

“It has been a privilege to work with HVS over the past six years to plan and design this extraordinary site as a place where art and nature converge,” said Thomas Woltz, Senior Principal of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects. “Inspired by HVS’s vision for theater rooted in the landscape, the design of the new campus enables visitors to experience the magic of the site along with creative excellence. We are thrilled to help shape Hudson Valley Shakespeare’s first permanent home and regenerate the site’s ecology.”

“For decades, Hudson Valley Shakespeare has served as a beloved summer tradition and a pillar of our regional arts community, and Consigli is proud to have helped bring its vision for a new, permanent home to life,” said Bill Allan, Regional Director – Hudson Valley at Consigli Construction Co., Inc. “Through a shared commitment to sustainability and innovative building strategies, the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center not only delivers enhanced resources and functionality to support audiences and artists alike, but it also sets a new standard for performing arts venues nationwide, further deepening Hudson Valley Shakespeare’s cultural, environmental and creative impact in New York and beyond.”

The project was awarded a combined total of $19.5 million in public funding from federal and state sources, including $10 million from the New York State Council on the Arts, one of the largest cultural capital grants ever made by the agency; $3.5 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for riparian watershed restoration; $3.25 million from Empire State Development, as recommended by the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council, including designation as a Priority Project for the region; $1.5 million from the New York State Department of Education, with thanks to Governor Kathy Hochul; $500,000 from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Environmental Protection Fund; $534,000 from the U.S. Department of Education; and $250,000 in capital grants from former New York State Assemblymember Sandra Galef, New York State Assemblymember Dana Levenberg, and New York State Senator Pete Harckham.

Empire State Development President, CEO and Commissioner Hope Knight said, “The new Scripps Theater Center combines the majestic scenery of New York’s Hudson Valley with the dynamic creativity of the arts – one that will welcome residents and visitors alike for unique performative experiences. Under Governor Hochul’s leadership, the State continues to invest in projects that support the arts and tourism economies, which invite travelers to our communities and support local jobs and small businesses.”

“The Hudson Valley Shakespeare campus is a landmark investment for the Mid-Hudson region — one that strengthens our cultural identity, drives economic growth, and sets a national standard for sustainable design. By bringing together world-class architecture, ecological stewardship, and the performing arts, this project proves that economic development and environmental responsibility can go hand in hand. The MHREDC is proud to have supported Hudson Valley Shakespeare and look forward to welcoming visitors from across New York and beyond to this remarkable new destination,” added Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chairs Dr. Marsha Gordon and Dr. Kristine Young.

The theater will be open to the public for the first time this Sunday, May 17 for a Community Day open house from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. This is the community’s opportunity to explore, take tours of the new theater center, and get a first taste of what it’ll feel like to enjoy a live performance from the new seats. The afternoon will also include tastes of HVS’s pre-show programming, including a brand-new Best in Show, in partnership with local shelters; an Overtures session with jug band The Salt Cracker Crazies; and a Prologue conversation about Highland Lights with Alex and Sophia from Processional Arts Workshop. For more information, visit hvshakespeare.org/community-day.

The first season in the Scripps Theater Center will begin on June 10, and will feature William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, directed by Miriam Laube (OSF’s Much Ado About Nothing) and featuring original music by Amanda Dehnert (HVS’s Love’s Labor’s Lost); Shakespeare’s King Lear, directed by Artistic Director Davis McCallum (HVS’s The Matchmaker) and featuring Kurt Rhoads in the title role; and a new production of Boublil and Schӧnberg’s Les Misérables, presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) and by arrangement with CAMERON MACKINTOSH LTD, directed by Jenn Thompson (HVS’s Into the Woods) with music supervision by Amanda Morton (Operation Mincemeat).

ABOUT HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE

Located eighty minutes north of Manhattan, Hudson Valley Shakespeare (HVS) is a professional non-profit theater company that presents a rotating repertory season of lucid and highly inventive productions of both Shakespeare and more contemporary plays in an open-air theater overlooking the Hudson River. Founded in 1987 and formerly known as the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, HVS’s critically acclaimed body of work is forged from the most essential of elements – actors, audience, language, and landscape. The company’s spectacular 98-acre campus serves as a vibrant hub for the local community, a cultural and educational anchor for the region, and a national model for environmental sustainability in the performing arts. After nearly four decades performing in a seasonal tent, in the summer of 2026 HVS will welcome audiences to its first-ever permanent home – the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center, designed by the celebrated architecture firm Studio Gang. Protected from the elements but open to the landscape, the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center is on track to become the first purpose-built, open-air LEED Platinum-certified theater in the United States.

Rooted in the landscape of the Hudson Valley, with the plays of William Shakespeare as their touchstone, Hudson Valley Shakespeare engages the widest possible audience in a theatrical celebration of our shared humanity.

ABOUT STUDIO GANG

Studio Gang is an internationally recognized architecture and urban design practice founded and led by MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang. Based in Chicago with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Paris, the Studio works as a collective of over 100 architects, designers, and planners that use an iterative, research-based design process to create places that strengthen relationships between people, communities, and the natural world.

Studio Gang’s diverse, award-winning portfolio includes cultural centers, public spaces, high-rise towers, and strategic framework plans. Notable among these are the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York; the reimagined Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock; the University of Chicago John W. Boyer Center in Paris; and the David Rubenstein Treehouse, Harvard University’s first mass timber building.

In addition, Studio Gang is currently designing cultural, civic, and educational projects across Europe and the Americas, including the new United States Embassy in Brasília and an expansion of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock.

Studio Gang also develops research, publications, and exhibitions that push design’s ability to create public awareness and give rise to change—a practice the Studio calls “actionable idealism.” Jeanne Gang’s most recent book, The Art of Architectural Grafting, which provides a new framework for bringing new life to older structures, was released in 2024 in both English and French editions.

The Studio has been honored with numerous awards, including AIA California’s 2025 Firm of the Year, Dezeen Jobs’ Top Companies, and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company in Architecture.

ABOUT NELSON BYRD WOLTZ

Nelson Byrd Woltz (NBW) is an internationally recognized landscape architecture firm dedicated to applying design excellence at the intersection of cultural and ecological systems. With studios in New York City and Charlottesville, VA, the firm uses a research-based design process to uncover layered histories of place and new potentials for community. NBW has dramatically expanded the traditional role of landscape architecture into the areas of restoration ecology, urban planning, civil engineering, and agriculture. The firm has been entrusted with the planning and design of significant public parks and cultural institutions including Memorial Park in Houston; Olana State Historic Site in New York; Machicomoco State Park in Virginia; Centennial Park in Nashville; The Ramble in Fayetteville, Arkansas; and the Aga Khan Garden in Edmonton, Alberta. NBW has worked in 25 states and 11 countries and garnered more than 100 awards in the past 15 years. Current projects include Piedmont Park in Atlanta, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and a master plan for Colonial Williamsburg. The firm’s latest book, The Land Is Full, illustrates the power of design to create vital public realms at the heart of communities. www.nbwla.com.

ABOUT CONSIGLI CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

Consigli Construction Co., Inc. is a leading construction manager in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Consigli services clients across all markets, including academic, healthcare, life sciences, institutional, energy, corporate and federal. Founded in 1905, Consigli is now a 100% employee-owned (ESOP) company, providing its people a direct benefit of its success and creating a culture of accountability. The company has offices in Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., Maine, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, New Hampshire and the Caribbean. Consigli has received numerous awards for its craftsmanship and employment practices, including national recognition as a Forbes Best Employer. For more information, visit consigli.com and follow us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/consigli-construction/).

ABOUT EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT

Empire State Development is New York’s chief economic development agency, and promotes business growth, job creation, and greater economic opportunity throughout the state. With offices in each of the state’s 10 regions, ESD oversees the Regional Economic Development Councils, supports broadband equity through the ConnectALL office, and is growing the workforce of tomorrow through the Office of Strategic Workforce Development. The agency engages with emerging and next generation industries like clean energy and semiconductor manufacturing looking to grow in New York State, operates a network of assistance centers to help small businesses grow and succeed, and promotes the state’s world class tourism destinations through I LOVE NY. For more information, please visit esd.ny.gov, and connect with ESD on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/empire-state-development), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EmpireStateDevelopment) and X (https://x.com/EmpireStateDev).

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