REVIEW: The Plein Air Plays 3.0 at the Ancram Center for the Arts

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…

Ancram Center for the Arts Announces 2025 Season

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…

Ancram Opera House Announces 2023 Summer Season

ANCRAM, NY [April 27, 2023] – Co-Directors Jeff Mousseau and Paul Ricciardi are proud to announce the 2023 spring/summer season at the Ancram Opera House in Ancram, NY. “Through bold, inventive theater productions and vibrant community storytelling, we create opportunities for our rural region to connect through the performing arts,”…

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, New York, tackling the logistical feat of staging three short, site- specific plays, performed simultaneously in residents’ yards and on a baseball field, whose spectators…