Ancram Center for the Arts announced its 2026 season with five ambitious works that explore the themes of our times: polarization but yearning for de-escalation, finding love in an age of anxiety, art’s capacity to hold grief and remembrance, the human ethics of scientific advancement, and the psychic damage of…
The Final Act of Ancram Center’s 10th Anniversary Season takes place Saturday, Nov. 29th from 3-5 pm with “That’s A Wrap!” a free and festive party featuring DJ Jared Widjeskog, hors d’oeuvres and bubbles, and a sneak peek at the Center’s new Annex, which is almost completed. “It’s been an incredible year.…
Take Your Seat” and “Fund for Final Improvements” Are Two Ways to Contribute [Oct. 15, Ancram] — Ancram Center for the Arts today announced the final phase of its capital expansion project to rehabilitate an adjacent 1790 building and connect it to the mainstage theater. When completed “The Annex,” as…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss What better way to spend a gorgeous August evening in the scenic fields of Ancramdale than seeing three wonderful short plays? For the third year, Ancram Center for the Arts has treated its audience to this Plein Air experience, with the audience not finding out the location…
Celebrates 10th Anniversary as the Upstate Home for Visionary Theater Makers (Ancram, NY – April 28, 2025) – Ancram Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Co-Directors Jeffrey Mousseau and Paul Ricciardi, announced its 2025 season which includes, in addition to its renown storytelling programs, a regional premiere, three site-specific original…
My favorite plays come from the smaller theatres within our scope of activity: Ancram Center for the Arts offered Constellations directed by Jeffrey Mousseau featuring Andrus Nicholls and Drew Ledbetter. The play moves back andf forth in time. The artistry of Mousseau, Nichols and Ledbetter gave depth to the characters’ conflicts and…
by Macey Levin Though in London, Roland and Mary live in two different worlds. He, a beekeeper, is rooted in his earthbound, everyday work while she is a theoretical physicist who studies the cosmological theories of the universe. They are the only two characters in Nick Payne’s Constellations currently riveting the audience…
 Ancram, NY – Ancram Center for the Arts announced today a grant award totaling $50,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the organization’s theater renovation and expansion. This grant is part of a capital project funding announcement by NYSCA, which totals over $32 million…
