Constellations
by Nick Payne
August 16 - 25
Thursday, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30p
Sundays at 3p
LIVE at Ancram Center for the Arts
1330 County Route 7
CONSTELLATIONS intertwines love, fate, and quantum mechanics as Marianne and Roland's relationship shifts across parallel universes. This non-linear narrative delves into the complexity of existence, prompting reflection on the interconnectedness of our choices and the infinite possibilities of the cosmos.
Scenes from Constellations
Cast: Drew Ledbetter and Andrus Nichols. Set by Sarah Edkins, Lighting by Evan Anderson, Costumes by Jaysen Engel, Sound by Brendan F. Doyle. Directed by Jeffrey Mousseau.
“It’s a powerful production in this cozy, former Grange Hall. If you’ve never been to the Ancram Center for the Arts, this would be an excellent introduction to their high standards, commitment to idiosyncratic presentations of stories that work on your emotions and make you think. We are always happy to make the short trip to this sparkling jewel in Columbia County.” —Nippertown
“Constellations [is] currently riveting the audience in a superb production at the Ancram Center for the Arts.
—Berkshire on Stage
Photos by B. Docktor
THE CAST
ANDRUS NICHOLS
Off Broadway: Terra Firma, (The Coop, Shana Cooper, dir), The Saintliness of Margery Kempe (The Duke, Austin Pendleton, dir.), Sense & Sensibility (Bedlam; Drama League nomination, Best Revival; Off Broadway Alliance Award winner), Hamlet, Saint Joan (Bedlam; Lucille Lortel nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress; Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Revival). Other New York: The Seagull, What You Will, and Twelfth Night (all with Bedlam); They Promised Her the Moon, The Libertine. Regional: A Lesson from Aloes (Hartford Stage, Darko Tresnjak, dir.), Ivo Van Hove’s A View From The Bridge (The Kennedy Center/The Ahmanson Theatre/The Goodman Theatre; Jeff Award nomination, Outstanding Performer); Hamlet, Saint Joan (Bedlam/Olney Theater Center/Central Square Theater; Helen Hayes and Elliot Norton nominations, Outstanding Lead Actress; IRNE Award, Outstanding Visiting Performer); Hamlet (title role), Iphigenia and Other Daughters (We Players/Alcatraz Island); others. Film: Zoo, DownEast, Wash Song (New Orleans Film Festival Grand Jury Finalist), and South Mountain (SXSW Grand Jury Award Finalist; Hilary Brougher, dir). TV: “Rise,” “The Blacklist.” “The Equalizer,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Murder at the End of the World,” “Wu-Tang: An American Saga,” others. Andrus now lives in Sharon, CT where she made her directorial debut last year with Our Town at The Sharon Playhouse.
www.andrus-nichols.com
DREW LEDBETTER
Off-Broadway: Williston (Miranda Theater Company- opposite Robert LuPone), A Persistent Memory (Theater Row), Richard 2x1 (Red Bull Theater) Regional: Hamlet (Pittsburgh Public Theater- played Hamlet), Fly (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), King Lear (Trinity Rep), Melena (B/T Playwright’s Rep), She-Wolf (Amphibian Stage Company, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company). Numerous workshops with New York Theater Workshop, New Georges, New Dramatists, Chautauqua Theater Company, The Drama League, Red Bull Theater. Film: Love and Everything In Between; WordPlay Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (The New Book Press). TV: The Blacklist (NBC), Succession (HBO). MFA: Brown University/Trinity Rep.
www.drewledbetteronline.com
the PLAYWRIGHT
NICK PAYNE is a British playwright and screenwriter. Known for his work on the West End and Broadway stage, he has received nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award and a Tony Award. Payne studied at the University of York and the Central School of Speech and Drama before graduating from the Royal Court Young Writers Program. While working in the National Theatre Bookshop, he wrote his first play If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, which premièred in 2009. It was followed by Wanderlust in 2010. He made his Broadway debut with Constellations (2015), for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Play. For his play Elegy (2016) he received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play nomination. Payne returned to Broadway with A Sea/Life (2019) at the Hudson Theatre. For film and television, he created and wrote the BBC One series Wanderlust (2018) and wrote the screenplay for The Sense of an Ending (2016). He co-wrote the 2021 screen adaptation of The Last Letter To Your Lover from a book by Jo Jo Moyes. His film, We Live in Time, directed by John Crowley and starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, will be released in 2024.