Ancram Center for the Arts – 1330 Co Rte 7, Ancram

The Stissing Center for Arts and Culture – 2950 Church St, Pine Plains

Mark your calendars for the first annual Downtown Upstate Festival that will bring the best of NYC downtown theater to the Hudson Valley from Sept. 7 – 22, 2024 and feature three different shows at two different venues over three consecutive weekends! The festival is presented by Ancram Center for the Arts and The Stissing Center for Arts & Culture, and produced by Soho Think Tank with funding from the New York State Council for the Arts. Downtown Upstate also marks a new chapter for Soho Think Tank’s Artistic Director Robert Lyons, who recently wound down operations of the legendary New Ohio Theatre in Manhattan’s West Village after more than 30 years as Artistic Director. Lyons actively expanded the boundaries of what theatre is, how it’s made, and who makes it. Event times and prices vary.