Behind-the-Scenes: Real People, Real Stories

A fundraiser to support Ancram Center for the Arts’ community storytelling programs

Saturday, May 11th, 5-7pm

At Ancram Center for the Arts

Please join us for encore performances and conversations that pull the curtain back on the art of storytelling and how Ancram Center turns experiences into tales.

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COMMUNITY 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.

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SUMMER PLAY LAB 1

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

Featuring a new work created by an artist from the region.

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REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES

Saturday, June 29 at 7:30pm
At Hilltop Barn / Roe-Jan Park, Hillsdale

Local residents share authentic personal narratives.

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SUMMER PLAY LAB: Centuries

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

Oscillating between collective and personal voices, Centuries is an immersive concert event that celebrates humanity and the willingness to face the unknown in a changing world.

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CRYSTAL RADIO SESSIONS

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

This series showcases the work of writers from the Hudson River Valley, as read by professional actors.

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READING WILLA CATHER

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

A sesquicentennial performance of short readings from Willa Cather’s fiction and letters. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction (O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, One of Ours, The Professor’s House, Death Comes for the Archbishop) set a new standard in American literature. This performance follows readings at Symphony Space, Boston Athenaeum, New York Society Library, Kaatsbaan Arts Center, and UCLA.

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Rizo: Home

Saturday, July 20 at 7:30pm
At Circa 1799 Barn, Ancramdale

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? 

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SUMMER PLAY LAB: Conversations
by Martha Redbone
with Aaron Whitby

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

This music theatre project will be created from extensive interviews with multigenerational Native American people from communities across the country.

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Constellations

August 16-18, 22-25
Thursdays, Fridays & 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.

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CENTURIES

October 25th - November 3rd
Fridays and Saturdays at 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 stage the world premiere of Centuries, an immersive concert event celebrating humanity and the willingness to face the unknown in a changing world.

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REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES:
TACONIC HILLS

Saturday, November 9 at 2p
At Ancram Center for the Arts

AOH is leading its annual storytelling workshops with all 4th, 5th and 6th graders at Taconic Hills School. The project culminates with students teling their stories from the AOH stage.

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REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES

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

Local residents share authentic personal narratives.

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