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Theater Packs and Single Tickets
Key Dates:
April 4–9: Theater Ticket Packs pre-sale period
April 10: Single ticket purchases begin
Ticket Office Hours Mon.–Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
716-357-6250 or 1.800.836.ARTS
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2018 Theater Ticket Packs
A great way to support Chautauqua Theater Company, guarantee your seats and save!
Six Pack • $166.50 • Three Bratton Theater Main Stage productions and three New Play Workshops.
Five-Pack • $144 • Three Bratton Theater Main Stage productions and your choice of two New Play Workshops.
Three-Pack • $84 • Any two Bratton Theater Main Stage productions and your choice of one New Play Workshop.
2018 Chautauqua Theater Single Ticket Pricing
Bratton Main Stage Productions $35; Sundays $40
New Play Workshops (NPW) $25
An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins | Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
June 29 - July 8 Purchase Tickets
In 1859, Dion Boucicault wrote a hit melodrama about the fate of an Octoroon woman in the antebellum south. Today, BJJ (a young black playwright) can’t get the story out of his head and writes his own version. But when the actors in his adaptation quit, BJJ takes on the role of the racist plantation overseer himself. In this hilarious and incisive new play- winner of The Obie Award for Best American New Play- Branden Jacobs-Jenkins jabs at the history of slavery and identity in America.
Airness by Chelsea Marcantel | Directed by Joshua Kahan Brody
July 14 - July 29 Purchase Tickets
When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there’s more to this art form than playing pretend; it’s about finding yourself in your favorite songs, and performing with raw joy. Airness is an exuberant reminder that everything we need to rock is already within us. The writer of the beloved 2016 NPW “Tiny Houses” returns to CTC with her newest play, straight from her triumph at The Humana Festival of New Plays.
Free Will: Chautauqua Shakespeare in the Park
As You Like It by William Shakespeare | Directed by Andrew Borba
Rosalind and her cousin Celia journey through the Forest of Arden to find safety, and eventually love. Along the way they meet a rag-tag group of rebels in the woods, the lovesick poet Orlando, the melancholic philosopher Jacques, and the witty clown Touchstone.
Performed on-grounds at Chautauqua Institution and in Jamestown, Mayville, and Southern Tier Brewery. Full schedule and venues to be announced shortly.
New Play Workshops
July 31 - August 4
Two brand new plays performed in repertory. Plays and directors to be announced shortly.
The Amish Project by Jessica Dickey | Directed by Sarah Elizabeth Wansley
August 19 - August 21 Purchase Tickets
A fictional investigation of the real life Nickel Mines school shooting, this riveting one-woman show explores the Amish community’s concept of radical forgiveness. Performed by a CTC Conservatory alumni, The Amish Project portrays two communities shattered by a mass shooting, and their journey to healing.