About the Centre

Lycian Centre Background

Since its inception in 1993, the privately owned Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts has been working to become the primary arts and entertainment destination in the mid-Hudson Valley and the surrounding region.

Kings Theatre Company Mission
Kings Theatre Company Background

The Lycian Centre main performance space is a state-of-the-art, legitimate proscenium stage with standard Broadway dimensions and an orchestra pit that can accommodate up to 20 orchestra pieces. The dressing area consists of 5 flexible dressing rooms, all with communication access, and can accommodate shows with 40 actors or more. There are over 250 stage lights, 276 dimmers, 60 microphone lines, 30 speakers of varying capacity and 25,000 watts of audio power. The theatre has 15 removable wheelchair seats and 12 transfer seats throughout the theatre, as well as hearing devices, a first floor restroom and plenty of handicapped parking.

Located in Orange County, the fastest growing County in the state of New York, the Lycian is situated on eight park-like acres in Sugar Loaf, one of the County’s most picturesque villages. Overlooking Sugar Loaf Mountain and Creamery Pond, the Centre is comprised of:

Lycian Centre Mainstage - a state-of-the-art, 689-seat professional theatre
Pavilion Theatre - a 250-seat, specially designed interactive theatre
The ‘On The Wharf” Stage – a new 150-seat outdoor theatre venue situated on the shores of Creamery Pond
Summer Concert Stage – an outdoor stage on the front lawn of the Lycian Centre used for our free summer concert series, "On the Lawn"
Lycian Centre Galleries - a large visual art exhibition space in the Centre’s current 1,000 square-foot Lobby

Since the Lycian Centre opened its doors in 1993, it has played host to more than 300,000 people from New York State, northern New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, and has been home to more than 300 productions. A small sampling of past musicals, many of which were presented by national and international touring companies, includes Cabaret, A Christmas Carol, Camelot, Bye Bye Birdie, Footloose, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Grease, as well as dramatic plays such as To Kill A Mockingbird, Equus, On Golden Pond, Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet with the National Shakespeare Company.

Celebrated Broadway stars like Chita Rivera, Julie Harris, Ben Vereen, and Richard Kiley, as well as comedy headliners like George Carlin and Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara have performed at the Lycian to great acclaim. Musical performances by outstanding talent such as Don McLean, Eric Burden and the Animals, Rita Coolidge, Judy Collins, Peter Noone and Arlo Guthrie, as well as the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the United States Military Academy Jazz Knights and Concert Band, the Vivaldi Orchestra of Moscow, and the Mantovani Orchestra, have drawn capacity audiences. Further examples of the broad scope of the Centre’s offerings include thrilling dance performances by the New York City Ballet, Tango Buenos Aires, the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Parsons Dance, the Russian Ballet Theatre and the Russian Ice Ballet.