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Paul Ricciardi

Paul Ricciardi

 

Paul Ricciardi, Communications and Performing Arts, Receives $225,000 Grant for 
Ancram Opera House Theater

Paul Ricciardi, associate professor of theatre arts in the Department of Communications and Performing Arts at KCC and director of Ancram Opera House Theater (AOHT), has secured a $255,000 Regional Economic Development Council 2021 Main Street Program Grant grant for the theater. 

"I co-founded the non-profit professional theater in 2015 on a $50k annual budget. It has grown into a highly regarded, well-reviewed, award-winning theater with a $200k per year budget (and now more with this grant),” said Ricciardi.

"My work at AOHT allows me to continue to develop my craft as a theatre artist. I then bring that enhanced skill to the classroom. It makes me a better professor!"

The funds support the development of a new artist center to develop the storytelling program created six years ago, which also received numerous grants.

"Starting AOHT has been a labor of love. This grant is such an affirmation of the work we're doing at the theater."

For more information on the Ancram Opera House visit HERE.