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...
Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) kicks-off its 33rd season under the co-leadership of Artistic Directors Vivienne Benesch and Andrew Borba with the 2010 Tony Award nominee for best new play and Pulitzer Prize finalist, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) by Sarah Ruhl, and directed by Larissa Kokernot. In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) plays July 1 – July 10 on the Bratton Theater stage at the Chautauqua Institution. Opening night is Saturday, July 2 at 6pm. Tickets are $35 and are currently on sale. From All My Sons (2005) to Clybourne Park (2013) and Raisin...
Chautauqua Institution is delighted to announce Off the Radar: A Father’s Secret, a Mother’s Heroism, and a Son’s Quest (Blue Rider Press) by Cyrus Copeland as the 2016 winner of The Chautauqua Prize. As author of the winning book, Copeland receives $7,500 and all travel and expenses for himself and his family for a one-week summer residency at CHQ from Aug. 7 to 13, 2016. He will host a public reading and a book signing at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, in the Hall of Philosophy. Copeland received news of the Prize while abroad, preparing to embark on the Camino...
Tom Becker Leaves Three-Decade Legacy at Historic Center of Arts and Ideas Chautauqua Institution President Tom Becker is announcing his retirement, effective at the end of this calendar year, 2016. Becker has served as the 17th President of Chautauqua Institution since November of 2003. “Tom has devoted nearly half of his life and 100 percent of his energy to Chautauqua Institution. He and his wife Jane have spent substantial time thinking this important decision through, and their decision is a joint one I respect,” said James A. Pardo Jr., chair of the Chautauqua Institution Board of Trustees. “His wonderfully...
National Historic Landmark was Home of Chautauqua Co-Founder; Hosted President Ulysses S. Grant, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison The Chautauqua Foundation has acquired the Lewis Miller Cottage, a National Historic Landmark and the only structure on the Chautauqua Institution grounds to carry that National Park Service designation. Thomas B. Hagen, a longtime Chautauquan, has been working for more than a year with Foundation and Institution leaders and the cottage’s owners, Miller descendants Ted Arnn and Nancy Kim Arnn, to enable Chautauqua to acquire the property. “When the cottage was put up for sale, I felt that the proper steward of this...