Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center Breaks Ground

Act 1, Scene 1. The design team enters, shovels in hand.

The curtain has gone up on a new, permanent home for Hudson Valley Shakespeare. Ground was broken last week on the 14,850-square-foot Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center in Garrison, New York. Supported on timber columns, the curved, timber-framed grid shell structure will be the focal point of the 98-acre arts complex. The open-air performance space will bring the company’s actors, audiences and back-of-house operations under one roof and provide greater flexibility.

We are providing structural engineering services for the project designed by Studio Gang architects. The theater, which is targeting LEED Platinum certification, is expected to make its debut in spring 2026.