Award-Winning Creators Bring “You Don’t Know the Lonely One” to the Ancram Opera House

Preview by Gail M. Burns For the past three years or so, theatre artists David Cale and Dael Orlandersmith, along with musician Matthew Dean Marsh and director Robert Falls, have been thinking about loneliness (being alone when you don’t want to be) and aloneness (being alone by choice.) Artistic creation…

REVIEW: Ancram Opera House Presents The Plein Air Plays

by Macey Levin For the adventurous theatregoer, artistic directors, Jeffrey Mousseau and Paul Ricciardi, have created bold and provocative theatre experiences at the Ancram Opera House in Ancram, New York.  Their programming is varied including full-length productions, acting and writing workshops, readings of off-beat materials,  They also sponsor community-member involvement…

Definitely Human Theatre Presents “Dance Nation” in Rhinebeck

DANCE NATION By Clare Barron Definitely Human Theatre The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck Directors: Joey Taylor, Vanessa BaerChoreographer: Brooke Wallace September 8 – 17, Fridays, Saturdays at 8p; Sundays at 3pTickets $25 Definitely Human Theatre and The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck present Clare Barron’s DANCE NATION. Everyone is…

REVIEW: “Still Life” at the Ancram Opera House

by Jeannie Marlin Woods STILL LIFE, by Emily Mann, opened September 30th at the Ancram Opera House. A collaboration with Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company, this drama is an emotional and gut-wrenching play. Audience members are advised in advance with this content warning: “Please be advised that the content in this…

Definitely Human Theatre Brings “Howie the Rookie” to the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck

RHINEBECK, NY [September 1, 2022] – Rhinebeck Performing Arts, Inc. and Definitely Human Theatre present HOWIE THE ROOKIE, an adrenaline-fueled ride through Dublin’s seedy underbelly by Mark O’Rowe, directed and performed by Patrick Dougherty and Joey Taylor. All performances take place at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck on…

REVIEW: “INVASION!” at the Ancram Opera House

by Macey Levin The intimate Ancram Opera House in Ancram, New York, is producing “Invasion!” by Jonas Hassen Khemiri and translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles, a play that delivers a barrage of themes, witty dialogue, questions and challenges. A talented and vibrant cast of four (Ali Andre Ali, Abuzar Farrukh, Sophie…