Ancram Center for the Arts will host a free workshop at Spark of Hudson on January 10 from 1:30-3:30pm designed to help participants take their storytelling to the next level. Ancram Center’s unique approach to storytelling was developed through its celebrated Real People Real Stories (RPRS) program and uses creative…
[Ancram, Nov. 12, 2025] — Shared stories — whether told around the dinner table, at school, or in a theater — remind us of our common humanity and strengthens social bonds. On Nov. 22 at 3pm, Ancram Center for the Arts caps off its 10th anniversary season, welcoming three new…
[Ancram, Aug. 27, 2025] — Ancram Center’s fall season kicks off with Penelope, a cabaret-style musical retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey told from the point of view of Penelope, Odysseus’s long-suffering wife. With music and lyrics by Alex Bechtel and a book by Bechtel, Grace McLean and Eva Steinmetz, who also directs, Penelope will be staged Sept.…
Ancram Center for the Arts announced that a new edition of its perennial audience favorite Real People Real Stories will return to The Hilltop Barn at Roeliff Jansen Park on Saturday, June 28 at 7:30pm. Since its inaugural 2016 season, Ancram Center’s Real People Real Stories has showcased community residents…
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 Center for the Arts announced that its perennial audience favorite REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES will return on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 3pm. REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES features area residents sharing surprising true tales and has been a signature part of every Ancram Center season since 2016. This special edition…
Ancram Center for the Arts announced that its perennial audience favorite REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES will return to the Hilltop Barn in Roeliff Jansen Park on Saturday, June 29 at 7:30pm. REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES features area residents sharing poignant, humorous, surprising true tales, and has been a signature part…
Ancram Center for the Arts will host “Behind the Scenes: Real People Real Stories,” on Saturday, May 11 from 5-7pm to raise funds for its many free storytelling and theater-making workshops throughout the year. The benefit will feature performances by Ancram Center storytellers and conversations that pull back the curtain…
