Welcome to our 2022 Season

SUMMER PLAY LAB 2022
Dates: May 27-29, July 8-10
Fridays, Saturdays at 8p; Sundays at 3p
LIVE at Ancram Opera House
1330 County Route 7, Ancram, 12502

AOH’s annual residency to support the creation of bold new performance. This year, AOH is delighted to welcome back Tidtaya Sinutoke, Isabella Dawis and Nana Dakin (SUNWATCHER), and Celeste Lecesne (POOF!), to bring their fresh, innovative projects to the next stage of development.

 

REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES
Saturday, June 25th at 8pm
LIVE at the Hilltop Barn
Roeliff Jansen Park
9140 NY Route 22, Hillsdale NY 12529

AOH returns to Roe-Jan Park for a glorious summer evening of authentic personal narratives as told by local residents.

 

CRYSTAL RADIO SESSIONS UPSTATE
Saturday, July 23rd at 8pm
LIVE at the Hilltop Barn
Roeliff Jansen Park
9140 NY Route 22, Hillsdale NY 12529

Actors read short stories by Hudson Valley and Berkshire writers. This summer's reading is Amontillado, a soon-to-be-published short story by Hugh Sheehy from Beacon. Inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, this is a tale of a secret: there is no purer feeling than a wish for revenge.

 

photo by Emilio Madrid

AN EVENING WITH THE BENGSONS
Saturday, July 30th at 6pm
LIVE at The Circa 1799 Barn
105 Simons Road, Ancramdale, NY 12503

Abigail and Shaun Bengson, the celebrated composing and performing duo, known for their acclaimed off-Broadway shows THE LUCKY ONES and A HUNDRED YEARS, take to the fields at the Circa 1799 Barn for an exhilarating evening of song and musical storytelling.

 

a play by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles

INVASION!
Dates: August 5 - 21
Thursday, Fridays, Saturdays at 8p
Sundays at 3p
LIVE at Ancram Opera House
1330 County Route 7, Ancram NY 12502

Who is Abulkasem!? An uncle visiting from Lebanon? A renowned theater director? The world’s most dangerous terrorist? This subversive satire confronts identity, race and language through a whirlwind of interconnected vignettes.

 

Ancram Opera House’s 2022 season made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.