August 7 - 10
Thu & Fri at 5pm & 6pm
Sat & Sun at 4pm, 5pm & 6pm
A roving performance taking place at various locations in Ancram

Generously supported by
Ivy Epstein & Josh Levine
Sally Brody
and an anonymous donor to Ancram Center for the Arts

An all new edition of our biennial outdoor theatrical triptych. Three original new works will be presented as a roving performance with audiences traveling by car to experience each play in a secret site-specific location where the setting becomes one of the characters.

Please take note that to reach each performance, audiences will be also walking a short distance across grass that is sometimes gently sloping. For whom this may be a concern, please write info@ancramcenter.org so that we can make accommodations.

Audience capacity is limited. Each play has a running time of approximately 25 minutes, with the entire experience lasting about 100 minutes. At each location, blankets and some seating will be provided. Audiences are also welcome to bring their own seating, if preferred, or to stand. 

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCES

MY DOG IS DEAD
story and music by KATE DOUGLAS
performed by KATE DOUGLAS, BEN FERGUSON & LUKE WYGODNY

A folk musical song cycle told by three musician/storytellers about a woman who suddenly begins to demonstrate psychic abilities after the death of the family dog. Her husband, a politician, is at first mystified and delighted by his wife’s powers, while her brother is determined to disprove her abilities. When she begins to foresee the fate of others from the rural town in which they live, the community becomes besieged by a torrent of emotions.

KATE DOUGLAS is a writer, composer, and performer. Recent work: The Apiary (NY Times Critic’s Pick, Second Stage), Hag with Grace McLean (Vivace Award), The Lucky Few starring opposite her co-writer Todd Almond (Ancram Opera House), and The Ninth Hour starring opposite her co-writer Shayfer James (The Met Cloisters). She has been awarded residencies at SPACE on Ryder Farm, NY Stage & Film, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, and Millay Arts, among others. Recipient of a Fairgame Arts Grant (2023), LMCC Creative Engagement grant (2018), Anna Sosenko Assist Trust Grant (2023), and a two-time Puffin Foundation Grant (2018, 2022). Alum of the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program, Colt Coeur, The Civilians R&D Group, and The Orchard Project Greenhouse. BFA: New York University. Certificate in Sustainable Garden Design, NYBG. www.katedouglasprojects.com

BEN FERGUSON is a Brooklyn-based musician/performer/writer originally from Austin, TX. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, he became a co-founder and full time member of PigPen Theatre Company. PigPen has created original works that have been showcased across the country. In 2023 PigPen wrote the score for the Tony-nominated Broadway musical adaptation of the novel, Water for Elephants. Follow along on insta: @benstagramferguson.

LUKE WYGODNEY is a singer-songwriter/actor based in NY’s Hudson Valley. Luke composed and performed the music for the world-premiere Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Primary Trust at Roundabout. As an actor, National Tours: Once, American Idiot and Soul Doctor. Regional Credits: Primary Trust & Hundred Days (La Jolla Playhouse) Godspell as Judas (PCLO); Disappearing Man as Jack (St. Louis Rep) and more. Wygodny writes and performs with his Americana/Folk band The Heartstrings Project. Upcoming: Composer for new play Ordinary Girls & dance collaboration Sheva. Follow for updates! @Lukewygodny @Theheartstringsproject 

RUPERT’S BIRTHDAY
by Ken Jenkins
featuring Danielle Skraastad

While working in the barn of her family’s farm, Louisa recounts a story from her childhood when she helped to birth of a bull calf, Rupert, who was born on the same day as her brother, Orville. Filled with poignant insights about her rural girlhood, the monologue follows the thread of Louisa's life—and makes it clear why the only birthday she acknowledges, or celebrates, is Rupert's.

DANIELLE SKRAASTAD is so happy to be back at Ancram Center for the Arts : Homebody, Still Life. Danielle has been seen at StageWorks/Hudson and Chester Theater and Cap/Rep Albany. Broadway: All My Sons. Off Broadway:  Anon and Paris (The  Atlantic) Moundbuilders (Signature), Hurricane Diane(NYTW/WP), Architecture of Becoming (WP),  IHO (Signature/The Public) and The Wake (The Public) A Bright Room Called Day (The Public), The Pain and the Itch (Playwrights Horizons), Big Times (W.E.T.), Lidless (Page 73) Regionally Danielle has worked at People's Light, Miami New Drama,  The Studio Theater, Premiere Stages,  Two River Theater, Berkeley Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Gulfshore Playhouse, The Kirk, Berkeley Rep, ACT/Seattle. The Humana Festival and more…Film/TV: 27 Dresses, Draw Up and Stare, Hard Sell , Michael Clayton, “Succession”, “Speed Mating”, “SVU”, “L&O”, “Unforgettable”,”Mercy”, “Fringe”.  MFA: NYU.

SAME PICTURE, DIFFERENT POSES
created & performed by KYLE DRIGGS, LOGAN KERR / 3 AM THEATRE

A surreal duet that unfolds within the walls of an imagined living room, where a couple revisits the unspoken dynamics of their relationship. Blending physical storytelling, contemporary circus, and modern dance, the piece explores intimacy, duality, and the subconscious identities we carry. As reality blurs with the imaginary, the outdoor environment transforms fragments of a home into a shifting stage—where two people confront the versions of themselves they project, conceal, and become—only to discover they never truly left the space they began in.

KYLE DRIGGS is a contemporary circus artist blending juggling, sculpture, and storytelling. A graduate of École Nationale de Cirque, he has performed with Cirque du Soleil, Big Apple Circus, Circus Roncalli, and The Seven Fingers, and earned a silver medal at Cirque de Demain. His recent work explores avant-garde performance through experimental staging, immersive narratives, and the manipulation of everyday objects—pushing the boundaries of circus by merging technical mastery with modern, theatrical aesthetics. (@justajuggla)

LOGAN KERR is a NYC-based tight wire dancer and circus artist. She began with Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and has toured nationally with Circus Bella, Cirque US, and Piccolo Zoppe. Logan is currently a co-operator and artistic associate at 3AM Theatre. (@ohwowgan)

3AM THEATRE explores the twilight hours, a place in time where perceptions shift and dreams blend with reality. The company blends contemporary circus, modern dance, and physical theatre with kinetic sculpture and innovative lighting design to create original works that encompass both visual art and live performance. (@3amtheatre)