Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
Kendra Ekelund has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning multiple industries. Kendra currently holds the position of Managing Director at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Inc. since November 2022. Prior to this role, Kendra served as the General Manager at Jacob Burns Film Center from October 2019 to October 2022. Kendra also held various other positions at Jacob Burns Film Center, including Director of Operations, Manager of Theater Operations, Marketing Assistant, House Manager, Executive Assistant, and Development Intern.
Before joining Jacob Burns Film Center, Kendra worked as a Front of House Coordinator and Receptionist at Playwrights Horizons from April 2007 to August 2008. Kendra was also a Casting Assistant at Disney ABC Television Group from January 2007 to April 2007. Earlier in their career, Kendra gained experience as a Talent Agency Assistant at Bloc NYC, Inc. from May 2005 to December 2006 and as a Casting Assistant at Playwrights Horizons from August 2004 to June 2005.
Kendra began their professional journey at Syracuse Stage, where they worked in the Box Office from 2002 to 2003.
Kendra Ekelund completed their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama at Syracuse University from 1999 to 2003. Later, in 2008 to 2009, they attended Purchase College, SUNY, where they studied Arts Management, but did not obtain a degree.
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Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF) is a critically acclaimed, professional, non-profit theater company based in Garrison, NY, one-hour north of Manhattan. The Festival has established a reputation for lucid, engaging, and highly inventive productions staged under an iconic, open-air Theater Tent overlooking the Hudson River at historic Boscobel House and Gardens. In recent years, the Festival has also ventured beyond the Tent, touring its work to other venues throughout the Hudson Valley, transferring productions to other theaters, engaging its community through radically participatory art-making, and reaching over 60,000 students and educators annually through its year-round Education programs. Our mission is to engage the widest possible audience in a fresh conversation about what is essential in Shakespeare’s plays. Our theater lives in the here and now, at the intersection between the virtuosity of the actor, the imagination of the audience, and the inspiration of the text.