The repertoire will include works that are seldom seen or heard, as well as small-scale productions of more familiar works, performed in English and accompanied by the HOT Opera Orchestra whenever possible. The programming will be designed to entertain and to stretch your musical experience.

Our ultimate goal is to put opera into the HUDSON OPERA HOUSE when renovations are complete.  Meanwhile, our productions will take place in the HUDSON RIVER THEATER, 521 Warren Street, Hudson, NY.

A typical season will include productions in the spring and fall as well as an extensive program of OPERAS for CHILDREN during the school year.  We invite you to help us lauch our first season in 2005! More details to come...

The Tea with Fi and her Friends is going to take place Sunday August 22nd, 2004, in New York City from 4pm--7pm at the The Palm Court of The Plazahotel.  Phone #, address, and details on dress code are available at The Plaza: Palm Court Afternoon Tea site. It will not officially begin until 5pm. You will not miss any surprise guests if you arrive at that time. At 4pm there will just be a meet and greet and then the fun can begin when the entire party has arrived. There is room for ten more people, but an exact and final number is required by noon on August 20th, so that is the deadline.  To reserve a ticket  you can call the Copake Theater Company at (518) 329-2506 or email Diane and she can provide further information.  Aug 12, 2004.
 
 

Is Fiona Hutchison (ex-Gabrielle, OLTL) coming back to soaps? "There has been some interest from the daytime arena, and I feel very wonderful about that," she tells TV Guide Online exclusively. "I would adore to create a brand-new character and show the daytime viewers a side of me they haven't seen yet." Hutchison has been keeping herself busy with the stage. She's a founding member of the Copake Theatre Company, a not-for-profit theater she runs with her husband, John Viscardi (ex-Tony, OLTL). "We started it in January in Copake, N.Y., inside their 103-year-old grange hall," she says. "We've gotten lights and drapes that were donated, but every time we produce a show, we have to rent a lighting and sound board. We're hoping to purchase one of our own." To accomplish her goal, Hutchison will host "Tea with Fi and Friends" on Aug. 22 in New York City. The location is hush-hush, but the actress promises, "It will be a sophisticated event, up close and personal." Tapping into her English background, Hutchison has planned a very proper morning. "It will be a full English tea with strawberry jam and scones and more than 400 teas to choose from," she reveals. "Beth Ehlers(Harley, GL) has given me a confirmation she'll be there, as well as some other special guests." The aromatic experience won't end after the festivities are over. Hutchison is about to headline a brand of teas. "I've signed with Harney & Sons to create my own line," she reveals. "We're doing a flavor called vanilla rum. It's never been done before." 

The second fundraiser is one that Fiona is really excited about. It's called Tea With Fi & Her Friends. Fiona is going to host a tea with some of her closest friends from daytime televison on Sunday August 22nd, 2004, in New York City from 4pm--7pm. Fiona and her friends will intermingle with the fans and they will get a chance to chat with Fiona and see what she has been up to since leaving OLTL.  There is going to be a full english tea with all of the trimmings and a choice of over 450 teas.  There will be items from OLTL and other shows for fans to bid on and it's just going to be a really fun afternoon.  Tickets are $100 (money orders only) and 75% of the ticket cost is tax deductible because the Copake Theatre Company is a not-for profit company. 
Seating is very limited so it's a first come first serve basis only. If  they get a good response they are always willing to do another one in the fall. (Diane at copaketheatre@hotmail.com)
July 20, 2004.

Paper Mill Playhouse announced the cast of its production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband. Stephanie Beacham, George S. Irving, Fiona Hutchison, Daniel McDonald and David Ledingham will all be featured in the play which is scheduled to run at Paper Mill February 14 through March 18.

An Ideal Husband is one of Wilde’s best-known works. The play centers on Sir Robert Chiltern, a distinguished member of the House of Commons, whose perfect life is threatened by a blackmailer. Wilde uses the material to explore morality and social hypocrisy among the elite. The play was last seen on Broadway in 1997 when it closed after 309 performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Hutchisonis making her Paper Mill debut in the role of Lady Chiltern. She is one of the soap world’s most loved divas, having starred in As The World Turns, The Guiding Light and One Life To Live. (from Broadway.com)  Jan 1, 2001.

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