REVIEW: “An Iliad” at the Ancram Opera House
by Barbara Waldinger Ancram Opera House presents a battle between two superheroes! Featured in an eighth-century B.C. epic poem (Homer’s The Iliad), Achilles, a demi-god,…
An Interview with MaConnia Chesser and Jeffrey Mousseau About “An Iliad” at the Ancram Opera House
October 21-24 MaConnia Chesser, an actor well known to Berkshire audiences, seen this past summer as Goneril in “King Lear” at Shakespeare & Company, will…
REVIEW: The Plein Air Plays at the Ancram Opera House
by Barbara Waldinger Imagine a team of two producers, co-directors of a tiny gem of an opera house located in the small town of Ancram,…
Ancram Opera House Present “The Plein Air Plays”
Ancram Opera House presents its theatrical production of the summer, The Plein Air Plays, featuring three original short plays staged at three secret, site-specific locations…
Ancram Opera House Announces Hybrid Virtual and In-Person 2021 Summer Season
Sixth Season Will Include Site-Specific Performances and Free Online Programming Ancram Opera House’s 2021 summer season will combine free virtual events with live performances in…
REVIEW: “The Snow Queen” at the Ancram Opera House
by Barbara Waldinger Fairy tales never lose their power to affect us, no matter how old we get. Jeffrey Mousseau’s beautiful production of The Snow…
REVIEW: “The Brothers Size” at the Ancram Opera House
by Barbara Waldinger Nestled in the southeast corner of Columbia County is The Ancram Opera House, formerly a grange hall built in 1927. Currently, according…
REVIEW: “Homebody” at the Ancram Opera House
by Barbara Waldinger A middle-aged Englishwoman, identified only as Homebody, tries in vain to remember the name of her anti-depressant: “a portmanteau chemical cocktail word…