We recommend you book your tickets today for the first ever Phoenix Festival, featuring live theater, music, interactive cultural programs rising in Nyack for the Five weekends starting on September 16th. All theater performances live – outdoors
The box office is open now at nyackartsfestival.com or call (833) 681-4800.
The award-winning Phoenix Theatre Ensemble will present family-friendly classic comedies in idyllic outdoor settings:
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde – Marydell Center in Upper Nyack, Sept. 17, 23-25 @2pm
- The Harmfulness of Tobacco by Anton Chekov – Edward Hopper House Museum’s Garden, Sept. 30 & Oct. 7 @5:30pm
- Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder – Marydell Center in Upper Nyack, Oct. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16 @2pm
Additional attractions include:
- Digital Dreaming: AR Adventures, an immersive journey though downtown Nyack using your mobile phone
- Carnegie Concerts: Hopper Haiku – Nyack Library, Sept 23
- Rivertown Film: Helen Hayes on Film – Nyack Center, Oct. 7
- ArtsRock: Remembering Helen Hayes with Love – First Reformed Church, Oct. 8
- Children’s Shakespeare Theater: Love’s Labour’s Lost – Marydell in Upper Nyack, Oct. 8 & 15 @11am
- Plus more exciting events in around Nyack – see VisitNyack.org for details!
World Class Live Arts in Celebration
From Wilde to Wilder to Shakespeare to concerts and local culture, the festival includes classic plays presented by Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, also featuring Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
Nyack is the Stage
Our picturesque Hudson River town provides the backdrop. Including our unique shops and restaurants. An augmented reality tour explores local history and contemporary culture
Rockland County community contributes — and benefits
Festival opportunities support the county’s small businesses and workers
Special programs engage community organizations, non-profits and young people
About the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble. Founded in 2004 in New York City, the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble is dedicated to the performance of the classic theater canon, and to the development and nurturing of classically trained, highly skilled theater artists. The company makes its second home in Rockland County, where its artists have created and performed both classics and original works since 2018.
