Hudson Hall resides in an historic and landmarked building housing New York State’s oldest surviving theater. It’s where Frederic Church displayed his paintings, Bret Harte read his poetry, “Blind Tom” Wiggins packed the house with his keyboard virtuosity, where Henry Ward Beecher delivered a rousing abolitionist lecture, and Teddy Roosevelt once electrified a crowd. Abandoned for decades, the building was saved when local citizens came together in 1992 to establish a cultural center there to serve its diverse community.
In 2017, Hudson Hall completed a $9.5 million restoration of its magnificent performance hall to support a thriving creative economy in the town of, and the region around, Hudson, New York. The next step in Hudson Hall’s journey has now been taken, with the installation of a DiGiCo S21 console used to mix the venue’s front-of-house sound, monitors, and the streaming of shows online. Like many of the performers who have graced Hudson Hall’s stage dancing, singing...
