Jason Wells’s The Engine of Our Ruin launches 2015 Signature Staged Readings Series (Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents Jason Wells’s The Engine of Our Ruin for two Signature Staged Readings on July 17 and 18 on the Bratton Stage. Directed by Resident Director Ethan McSweeny (numerous CTC credits, most recently A Raisin in the Sun; Broadway’s revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man), The Engine of Our Ruin’s ensemble cast features guest artists Demosthenes Chrysan (Broadway’s Golden Boy), Jamestown, New York recent transplant Ronald...

Thornton Wilder’s American Classic Complements July 4 Celebrations (Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents Thornton Wilder’s Our Town from July 3 through July 12 on the Bratton Stage. Directed by Paul Mullins (CTC’s You Can’t Take It With You), the cast is lead by Broadway’s Manu Narayan (Bombay Dreams) as the Stage Manager. Conservatory Actors Audrey Corsa (The Juilliard School) and Myles Bullock (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) make their Chautauqua Theater Company debuts as Emily Webb and George Gibbs. Michael Potts (television’s “True Detective”...

(Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, announced casting for their Mainstage 2015 Season, which includes blending Chautauqua Theater Company alumni with those making their company debuts. Principal actors are Andrew Borba, Carol Halstead, Tangela Large, Manu Narayan, Michael Potts, Shelia Tousey, and Kathryn Hunter Williams. The season features Our Town (July 3-12), Intimate Apparel (July 24-August 2), and Henry V (August 14-21), all performed at the Bratton Theater at Chautauqua Institution. In addition to the Mainstage productions, Chautauqua Theater Company will produce The Engine of Our...

(Chautauqua, NY)  Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Vivienne Benesch Artistic Director and Sarah Clare Corporandy Managing Director, is proud to announce MainStage programming for its 2015 season featuring Thornton Wilder’s classic Our Town, directed by Paul Mullins (July 3-12), Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage (July 24-August 2), directed by Vivienne Benesch, and Shakespeare’s Henry V (August 14-21), directed by Evan Cabnet. “Our 2015 MainStage line-up is all about imagination,” said Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch.  “Can this cockpit hold the vasty fields of France? Indeed! And much more. Whether the curtain rises on the battlefields of Agincourt, the boudoirs...

(Chautauqua, NY)  Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Vivienne Benesch Artistic Director and Sarah Clare Corporandy Managing Director, presents Lorraine Hansberry’s award-winning classic A Raisin in the Sun, directed by CTC Resident Director Ethan McSweeny (CTC’s The Glass Menagerie, Broadway’s A Time to Kill), June 28 through July 6 on the Bratton Stage.  CHQ’s production stars Jonathan Majors (Walter Lee), Lynda Gravatt (Broadway’s Cat on A Hot Tin Roof) (Lena), Chelsea Williams (Ruth), Chasten Harmon (Beneatha), Derek Johnson (Broadway’s The Lion King) (Travis), Christian Demarais (Karl Lindner), Tramell Tillman (Bobo), Oge Agulue (George Murchison), and Toby Onwumere (Joseph...

(Chautauqua, NY)  Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Vivienne Benesch Artistic Director and Sarah Clare Corporandy Managing Director, is proud to announce programming for its 2014 season featuring Lorraine Hansberry’s classic A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Ethan McSweeny (June 28-July 6), The May Queen, a world premiere by Molly Smith Metzler (July 18-27), directed by Vivienne Benesch, and Shakespeare’s The Tempest (August 8-15), starring Lisa Harrow, directed by Jade King Carroll on the Bratton Theater Mainstage. “I couldn’t be more proud that my tenth season as artistic director will see four of our five mainstage productions...

The New Play Workshop Signature Staged Readings: Dark Radio by Colin McKenna and Transit by Kait Kerrigan Playwright Molly Smith Metzler receives 2013/14 Commission (Chautauqua, NY)  Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Vivienne Benesch Artistic Director and Sarah Clare Corporandy Managing Director, is proud to announce casting for its 30th Anniversary season featuring Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (June 28-July 7), the Pulitzer and Tony-winning Clybourne Park (July 19-28), Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors (August 9-16) all on the Bratton Theater Mainstage, in addition to The Romeo & Juliet Project (July 27) in the renowned...

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Vivienne Benesch Artistic Director and Sarah Clare Corporandy Managing Director, is proud to announce programming for its 30th Anniversary season featuring Tennessee Williams’ classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (June 28-July 7), the Pulitzer and Tony-winning Clybourne Park (July 19-28) and Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors (August 9-16) on the Bratton Theater Mainstage. CTC’s innovative The New Play Workshop (July 11-13; August 1-3) will present two exciting new plays and in a signature CHQ event two years in the making, The Romeo & Juliet Project will re-interpret this classic tale of...

The Philadelphia Story, by Philip BarryWorld Premiere, Fifty Ways, by Kate FodorAs You Like It, by William Shakespeare2 New Play Workshops Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) is thrilled to announce its 29th season as theresident theater on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution — western New York’spremier summer arts festival. The 2012 season includes the world premiere of CTC’sinaugural commission (Kate Fodor’s Fifty Ways) two great classics (The PhiladelphiaStory and As You Like It), the ever popular New Play Workshop series and a host ofother special events and performances. “It’s a season packed with over 50 events in 56 days,” says...

Performances begin June 29, 2012 Chautauqua, NY (6/25/2012) – Chautauqua Theater Company’s Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch is proud to announce the first production of CTC’s 29th season: Philip Barry’s The Philadelphia Story, running from June 29 through July 8. “We all know the Philadelphia Story as the Hollywood blockbuster with the iconic stars of yesterday, “ says Benesch, “now come and see the play it was based on with the rising stars of tomorrow.” Philip Barry’s, quintessentially American, 1939 classic is directed by CTC’s Associate Artistic Director, Andrew Borba, and features emerging talents Carolyn Holding as Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord,...