Terrence O’Brien is the Founding Artistic Director of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and was that company’s artistic leader for 27 years.  He has directed over 30 critically-acclaimed productions of Shakespeare plays as well as titles by other authors. He is the founder and director of the New World Shakespeare Lab, a New York City group that seeks to develop a more spontaneous way of presenting Shakespeare plays. He has taught acting and directed student work at ACT, UC Berkeley and The Juilliard School.