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.

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AUNT LEAF / TIA HOJA

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.

 
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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.

 
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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

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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.

 
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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)

 
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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

 

LES MOUTONS (THE SHEEP)

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)

 
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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)