“We live in what is, but find a thousand ways not to face it. Great theater strengthens our faculty to face it.” –Thorton Wilder
The Rosendale Theatre’s new Live Theatre Season launched in December 2021 with Number 11 Productions’ revolutionary version of A Christmas Carol. In 2022, we continue a season of thought-provoking, imaginative, and highly entertaining live theatre! We will celebrate new contemporary plays as well as tried and true classics. We intend to inspire and enhance the cultural life of our Hudson Valley community. We believe the power of live theatre lies in its immediacy and in its recognition of what it is to be human. We will also work with several companies around the Hudson Valley to bring you inspired staged readings of new and old works in an informal setting. So come on out and see a play right here in Rosendale! We are also announcing in 2022 the start of The Rosendale Teen Theatre. Stay tuned for more information!
Ann Citron, Theatre Arts Director, was the former Director of the Rosendale Theatre for the past ten years and one of its founding members. She is now pursuing her passion to bring a live theatre season to the Rosendale Theatre. Ann is a director, producer, and actor and has worked in theatres all over the Hudson Valley including County Players in Wappingers Fall, The Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck, SUNY at New Paltz Summer Repertory , Denizen Theatre in New Paltz and Ulster County Community College in Stone Ridge. Ann directed and taught theatre arts for Stages in the Arts Youth Theatre in Kingston for 5 years, directing their musical productions. Ann has taught Improvisation for over 20 years in various Hudson Valley locations as well as NYU’s Clive Davis School of Performing Arts. Currently she teaches improvisation at Stepping Stone venue in Rosendale.
