The inauguration of the space, celebrated with the staging of As You Like It, marks a fundamental transition in the history of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare company, which since 1987 had performed under a large tent inside Boscobel House and Gardens, overlooking the Hudson River. The new theater, built a short distance away, ideally continues that tradition of openness towards the landscape but introduces a permanent structure capable of expanding the audience, improving the environmental management of the site, and consolidating the relationship between performance and nature.