PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance is excited to present the complete program for The Dark, a new annual festival that celebrates the depths of winter. Taking place from February 16–22, 2026, the festival will unfold at PS21 and across Columbia County—in theatres, restaurants, libraries, saunas and outdoor public spaces. Featuring more than 60…
The Dark: PS21’s fearless winter festival of live performance radiating across Columbia County The Dark is a new annual festival from PS21: Center for Contemporary Performance that celebrates and elevates the depths of winter. Taking place February 16–22, 2026, the festival will unfold at PS21 and across Columbia County—in theatres, restaurants,…
HUDSON, NY (May 14, 2025) — Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House announces events in its Summer and Fall 2025 season, featuring an eclectic lineup of music, performance, visual art, and community programs. The season is anchored by the preview performance of What is Your Hand in This?, a provocative collaboration between…
April 2, 2025: Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House Executive Director Tambra Dillon, who has led the organization through 13 transformative years, has announced her plans to step down in the fall of 2025. As New York State’s oldest surviving theater, built in 1855, Hudson Hall stands as an anchor institution for…
Hudson, NY – Visionary opera director and Hudson resident R.B. Schlather reunites with early music band Ruckus for six performances of Handel’s baroque blockbuster GIULIO CESARE at Hudson Hall from April 19-May 2, 2025. Repeating the successful alchemy of his 2023 RODELINDA, Schlather brings together area residents, artisans, rising stars, and some of today’s finest baroque interpreters to share his…
Hudson, N.Y.— On Saturday, November 2nd at 7 p.m., Hudson Hall presents “No Cowards in our Band,” a musical drama telling the story of Frederick Douglass. Set against the backdrop of post-Reconstruction America, Douglass is portrayed considering the social, economic, and political ramifications of slavery and the Civil War and their impact on the future of the…
Hudson Hall announces a semi-staged musical drama based on the life of Frederick Douglass: NO COWARDS IN OUR BAND Concept and Libretto: Anthony Knight, Jr.Musical Arrangement: Orrin EvansDirector: Michael Hofmann Saturday, November 2 at 7pm Masud Olufani, Frederick Douglass Nia Drummond, sopranoEdward Washington II, tenorGregory Sheppard, bass Orrin Evans, piano “No Cowards in Our Band captures…
Second opera in their ‘Handel on the Hudson’ series GIULIO CESARE Music by G.F. HandelProduction by R.B. Schlather April 19, 23 (matinee), 26, 27 (matinee), 30 (matinee), May 2, 2025 The second of a thrilling Handel series commissioned by Hudson Hall (New York State’s oldest surviving theater) 327 Warren Street in Hudson, NY.…
