Thanks for a wonderful SEASon
Many thanks to all who supported the newly re-opened Ancram Opera House under new directors.
Click on the show title for more info about each event.
Saturday, February 3 and Sunday, February 4 at 4 pm
A tale from the dark woods of the Hudson River Valley and the darker woods of the imagination.
REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES: WINTER EDITION
Saturday, December 16 at 3pm
Join us as five local storytellers share personal tales to brighten the shortest days of the year.
Taylor Mac's
24-Decade History: HOLIDAY SAUCE
Saturday, November 25 at 7.30p SOLD OUT!
Christmas as calamity. International theater artist Taylor Mac -- 2017 MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist -- takes on the holidays in the latest installment of the artist's Obie Award-winning A 24-Decade History of Popular Music project.
Photo by Ves Pitts
PERFORMING OLANA
September 22-24: Friday at 6p, Sat & Sun at 2p, 4p and 6p
conceived & created by Darrah Cloud, Jeffrey Mousseau & Paul Ricciardi
written by Darrah Cloud
The first look of a new work: a devised theater performance that took place on the grounds of Frederic Church’s Olana.
Photo:: Courtesy WMHT Educational Telecommunications, Inc.
BARB JUNGR
HARD RAIN: The Songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen
Saturday, August 19 at 8.30 p
“One of the world's great cabaret singers… Barb Jungr is a genuine original, deploying warmth, high drama and sensitive musicality to reinvent everything she sings” Time Out NY
(Photo: Steve Ullathorne)
WE'RE GONNA DIE
August 4-5, August 11-12, 2017: Fridays and Saturdays at 8p
written by Young Jean Lee
original music by Young Jean Lee, Tim Simmonds, Mike Hanf, Nick Jenkins, and Benedict Kupstas
Part pop/indie rock cabaret, part storytelling—a life affirming show about one thing we all have in common. (Photo by B. Docktor Photography)
THE HOLLER SESSIONS
July 14-16, July 20-23, 2017: Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8p, Sundays at 7p
written and performed by Frank Boyd, created in collaboration with the TEAM
The Holler Sessions, staged as a live radio show, centers around one man’s burning obsession for American jazz. (Photo: Maria Baranova)
REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES
Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 8p
REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES: WINTER EDITION
Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 3:00 pm
IN PRAISE OF ELEPHANTS
August 5 - 21: Thursday, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sundays at 7:00pm
A play--told through story and song--of a man turning 60 whose life is about to be turned upside down. With James Occhino (pictured) and Anna Stefanic. (Photo by B. Docktor Photography)
JOSEPH KECKLER
Saturday, September 3 at 8:30pm
A singer of "larynx defying range" --The New York Times
Artwork by Franciscus and Franciscus, Amsterdam 2015
Saturday, June 25 at 2 pm and 5 pm
A special season kick-off for families, appropriate for ages 3 and up. Kids free! Party between shows with Cowboy Jim & the Hayrollers. (Photo by Gary Mulcahey)
REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES
Saturday, July 16 at 8:00 pm
CAROL LIPNIK
Saturday, July 23 at 8:30 pm
Winner of Broadway World 2015 -- Best Alternative Cabaret (Photo by Bobby Miller)