An Octoroon, Airness, and Into the Breeches! Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, is proud to announce mainstage programming for the 2018 summer season. The 2018 season features Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ An Octoroon, directed by Giovanna Sardelli, running June 29–July 8; Airnessby Chelsea Marcantel, directed by Joshua Kahan Brody, running July 14–29; Into the Breeches!by George Brant, directed by Laura Kepley and running Aug. 11–17; Shakespeare’s As You Like It, directed by Andrew Borba and touring around Chautauqua Institution and surrounding communities; The Amish Project by Jessica Dickey, directed by CTC Artistic Associate Sarah Elizabeth Wansleyfor a special limited run, Aug. 19–21; two New Play Workshops including Untitled...
Chautauqua, NY – Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, is proud to continue its support of new play development with the 2017 New Play Workshops, running August 1-5 at Bratton Theater. The 2017 New Play Workshops are Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle and Building the Wall by Robert Schenkkan. The New Play Workshop (NPW) Program is the arm of Chautauqua Theater Company dedicated to fostering important new American playwrights and providing a safe and stimulating playground for artists to develop new work for the theater. As such, it...
Chautauqua Theater Company is delighted to be a lead partner in Public Enemy: Flint, a response by local, national, and international arts and community organizations to the ongoing water crisis. Public Enemy: Flint is a contemporary staging of Henrik Ibsen’s play An Enemy of the People in Flint, Michigan. The play will be performed by a diverse cast of actors from Michigan and across the nation. Community and education events will be led by M.A.D.E. Institute and Tectonic Theater Project. Performances of Public Enemy: Flint will be free to the public at Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village 4119 Saginaw StreetFlint, MI, 48505...
Noises Off, Detroit ‘67, and Romeo and Juliet (Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the new direction of Andrew Borba, Artistic Director, and the continued leadership of Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, is proud to announce mainstage programming for the 2017 summer season featuring Michael Frayn’s Noises Off, directed by Andrew Borba and running June 30 – July 16; Detroit ‘67 by Dominique Morisseau running July 21 – 30 and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III (“The Hip Hop Project”; “American Taboo”); Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet running August 11 – 18 and directed by Dawn Monique Williams (“Merry Wives...
Performances August 12 – 19 (Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the co-leadership of Artistic Directors Andrew Borba and Vivienne Benesch, brings its 33rd season to a close with William Shakespeare’sThe Taming of the Shrew directed by Andrew Borba andfeaturing the outstanding talents of its entire 2016 Conservatory company onstage and off to produce this comedy masterpiece. The Taming of the Shrew plays August 12 – 19 on the Bratton Theater stage at the Chautauqua Institution. Opening night is Saturday, August 13 at 6pm. Tickets are $35 and are currently on sale. Embracing themes of cross-dressing and gender roles,...
Karen Pittman and Richard Topol Star in Chautauqua Theater Company’s Signature Staged Reading of The Glow Overhead Opening Tonight (Chautauqua, NY) Karen Pittman, best known for playing the role of Jory in the Tony-nominated play Disgraced and starring in the TV series “The Americans,” and Richard Topol, known for numerous Broadway appearances, most recently with Larry David in Fish in the Dark, both star in Chautauqua Theater Company’s (CTC) Signature Staged Reading ofThe Glow Overhead. Starting tonight and running through August 5 as part of the 2016 season’s New Play Workshop, The Glow Overhead is written by Nick Gandiello, and...
(Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) continues its significant commitment to new play development under the co-leadership of Artistic Directors Vivienne Benesch and Andrew Borba with Signature Staged Readings ofThe Glow Overhead written by Nick Gandiello, and directed by Sherri Eden Barber, running August 3 – 5 as part of the 2016 season’s New Play Workshop. The Glow Overhead plays on the Bratton Theater stage at the Chautauqua Institution. Tickets are $20 and are currently on sale. The Glow Overhead is the third and final new work of CTC’s 2016 season, after nearly sold-out runs of the CTC’s Signature Staged...
(Chautauqua, NY) Michael Potts, best known for his roles of Brother Mouzone in “The Wire” and Mafala Hatimbi in The Book of Mormon, has returned to Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) as Raif in CTC’s The Profane, a new play commissioned from the celebrated CTC New Play Workshop alum Zayd Dohrn (Sick – 2008, Muckrakers – 2012). Directed by CTC Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and playing July 22 – 31 at the Chautauqua Institution, tickets are $35 and are currently on sale. Michael Potts returns to CTC for the second summer in a row, after a successful run as Dr. Gibbs...
Performances July 22 – July 31 Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) and the Chautauqua Writers’ Center have proudly partnered on their third new play commission, coming July 22 to the Bratton Theater stage. This year’s commission, The Profane, is written by the celebrated CTC New Play Workshop alum Zayd Dohrn (Sick – 2008, Muckrakers – 2012). Directed by CTC Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and playing July 22 – 31 at the Chautauqua Institution. Tickets are $35 and are currently on sale. Playwright Zayd Dohrn skillfully integrates timely social, political, and cultural trends into his new play The Profane, which follows a...
Performances July 14 – July 16 (Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) continues its significant commitment to new play development under the co-leadership of Artistic Directors Vivienne Benesch and Andrew Borba with Signature Staged Readings of Tiny Houses by Chelsea Marcantel, and directed by Joshua Kahan Brody, running July 14 – 16 as part of the 2016 season’s New Play Workshop. Tiny Houses plays on the Bratton Theater stage at the Chautauqua Institution. Tickets are $20 and are currently on sale. Continuing to build on the incredible momentum of new play development at the Chautauqua Institution, playwright Chelsea Marcantel brings...