CENTURIES

October 25th - November 3rd
Fridays at 7p
Saturday, 10/26 at 5:30p
Saturday, 11/2 at 2p & 7p
Sundays at 3p
at Ancram Center for the Arts

Following their Summer Play Lab residency, collaborators Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, and Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez return to Ancram to stage the world premiere concert production of Centuries. This new musical storytelling experience follows a family over two generations and explores how landscapes and people change with time.

Centuries Plus: A Celebration in Two Acts 2024

Saturday, October 26 at 5:30pm
A benefit to support Ancram Center’s annual season.
at Ancram Center for the Arts &
The Barn @Doodletown

Includes the opening night performance of Centuries on October 26 (or attend on another date during the run) and opening night after-party, catered by Hannah Wong, formerly of The Aviary in Kinderhook, and wines curated by Copake Wine Works.

Real People Real Stories: Taconic Hills Edition

Saturday, November 9th at 2:00pm
at Ancram Center for the Arts

4th, 5th and 6th graders from Taconic Hills Elementary share their often hilarious, frequently touching, and always authentic tales from the AOH stage.

Real People Real Stories

Sunday, November 17th at 3:00pm
at Ancram Center for the Arts

Ancram Center’s community storytelling program, presented twice a year, features residents from the region crafting and telling personal narratives.

SPRING OPEN HOUSE

Saturday, June 1st, 3-5pm
at Ancram Center for the Arts

Join your friends, neighbors, and the Ancram Center team to kick-off the 2024 season at this free, family-friendly get-together. 

SUMMER PLAY LAB: Patricia Van Tassel

Sunday, June 16th at 4:00pm
at Ancram Center for the Arts

Everything is ready as Miss Phelps invites loved ones to share her last day, and experience her travels through time and space before her final departure. But is she really as ready as she thinks? This is a rehearsed reading of a new play by Patricia Van Tassel.

REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES

Saturday, June 29th at 7:30pm
at The Hilltop Barn at Roeliff Jansen Park

Everyone has a story to tell. With each edition of Real People, residents share stories with the community. 

SUMMER PLAY LAB: Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, and Raina Sokolov-GonzalEZ

Sunday, July 7th at 4:00pm
at Ancram Center for the Arts

This new musical storytelling experience follows a family over two generations and explores how landscapes and people change with time.

CRYSTAL RADIO SESSIONS

Saturday, July 13th at 7:30pm
at Ancram Center for the Arts

Actors bring to life short stories in this series curated by Hudson Valley writer Ashley Mayne.

Reading Willa Cather

Sunday, July 14th at 3pm
at Ancram Center for the Arts 

Join us for a sesquicentennial celebration of Willa Cather, one of the most singular and treasured American writers of the 20th century.

Rizo: hOME

Saturday, July 20th at 8:00pm
at The Circa 1799 Barn

JUST ADDED: POST SHOW PARTY at
North Star at the Alander, Copake

Rizo uses her trademark blend of songs, stories, performance art, comedy and glamor to explore the nature of home and how it informs our identity. Does where you hang your hat define who you are or how you think about yourself? 

SUMMER PLAY LAB: Martha Redbone, with AARON WHITBY

Sunday, August 4th at 4:00pm
at Ancram Center for the Arts

in collaboration with The Civilians, NYC

This new music theater project is based on stories told to Martha by indigenous elders who have been in her life for decades.

Constellations
By Nick Payne

August 16th - 25th
Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30p
Sundays at 3p
at Ancram Center for the Arts

CONSTELLATIONS intertwines love, fate, and quantum mechanics as Marianne and Roland's relationship shifts across parallel universes.

Downtown Upstate

September 7th - 15th
Saturdays at 7p, Sundays at 2p
at Ancram Center for the Arts

The first annual Downtown Upstate festival, produced by Soho Think Tank, brings the best of NYC downtown theatre artists to the Hudson Valley.