<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><b>Ancram Center for the Arts Kicks Off 2024 Season With</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><b>Open House<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><b>Saturday, June 1</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px">Ancram Center for the Arts will host a free, family-friendly Open House on Saturday June 1 from 3:00-5:00pm. RSVPs are not required but are encouraged and may be made at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.ancramcenter.org/community-open-house-spring-2024" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">ancramcenter.org/community-open-house-spring-2024</span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px">“In the past we’ve closed our seasons with an Open House, but we decided to kick off the 2024 season with this event,” said Jeff Mousseau, Co-Director of Ancram Center. “We have so much fantastic new work this season that we want to talk about, and there’s no one we’d rather celebrate with than our staff, neighbors, and community friends.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">Paul Ricciardi, Co-Director of Ancram Center, added “The gathering will take place at our outdoor gazebo, weather permitting, with snacks, beer, wine, and soft drinks. We’ll also share the latest on our construction plans for expanding our campus</span>. If it rains, we’ll bring the party indoors to the Opera House Stage.”</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px">Ancram Center for the Arts is an award-winning theater located in New York's Hudson Valley. Housed in an historic Grange Hall, Ancram Center has since 2016 presented groundbreaking theater and musical performances by nationally recognized theater artists. Ancram Center receives significant annual support from the New York State Council on the Arts and in 2023 was awarded a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information visit <u><a href="http://www.ancramcenter.org">www.ancramcenter.org</a>.</u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><u><br></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center">###</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">What: Ancram Center Community Open House/2024 Season Kick-Off</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Date: Saturday, June 1</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Time: 3:00 -5:00PM</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Location: Ancram Center for the Arts,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-spa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