DOWNTOWN UPSTATE

September 7th - 15th
Saturdays at 7:30p, Sundays at 2p
at Ancram Center for the Arts

The first annual Downtown Upstate festival brings the best of NYC downtown theatre artists to the Hudson Valley, featuring three different shows at two different venues over three consecutive weekends.  Downtown Upstate will also include playwriting, acting, and solo performance workshops for local residents. Presented by Ancram Center for the Arts & Stiissing Center (Pine Plains). Produced by Soho Think Tank with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts. 

Downtown Upstate is the brainchild of 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.

Stay tuned! Tickets are onsale soon!

About the Artists

Robert Lyons was Artistic Director of the legendary Ohio/New Ohio Theatre for more than 30 years, actively expanding the boundaries of what theatre is, how it’s made, and who makes it. Projects developed, presented, and produced by Ohio/New Ohio have gone on to garner multiple Drama Desk awards and nominations, Obie Awards, Edinburgh Audience First Awards, national and international tours, and Off-Broadway productions. Under Robert’s artistic leadership, Ohio/New Ohio was honored with two Obie Awards for sustained artistic achievement and was widely recognized as an indispensable pillar of the NYC downtown theatre community. At the same time, Robert was also Creative Director at Sarah Lawrence College from 2011-2021. He continues now as Artistic Director of Soho Think Tank (the Ohio’s underlying not-for-profit these many years). 

DOWNTOWN UPSTATE is made possible with funding by the New York State Council on the Arts.