REVIEW: “Penelope” at the Ancram Center for the Arts

by Macey Levin Penelope  by Alex Bechtel, Grace McLean and Eve Steinmetz is the enthralling production currently at the Ancram Center for the Arts in Ancram, New York.  It is based on Homer’s “The Odyssey,” the ancient Greek classic about Odysseus, King of Ithaca, who fought in the Trojan War…

REVIEW: “Where the Mountain Meets the Sea” at the Ancram Center for the Arts

by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Ancram Center For the Arts never disappoints. Where the Mountain Meets the Sea by Jeff Augustin is currently playing, featuring a Haitian father and his grown son telling parallel stories about going cross country, each in different directions, from and to Haiti. Accompanying them on bass, acoustic…