CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (Aug. 12, 2013)—Encore Creativity for Older Adults returns to the famed Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y. in collaboration with two of the nation’s premiere creative arts programs to present an innovative program for adults over the age of 55 from Aug. 25 – 30, 2013. The Encore Choral, Movement and Theatre Institute is now in its sixth season at CHQ and invites the CHQ community to free events during the week. On Monday, Aug. 26, Margaret Flanigan, Soprano, will perform at Lenna Hall at 7:30 p.m. Flanigan will perform selections from the American Songbook and American Art Songs,...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (Aug. 6, 2013)— Week Eight at CHQ offers an array of entertaining performances for all ages. The week begins with free admission to the grounds on Sun., Aug. 11, with the Chautauqua School of Dance Student Gala on the Amphitheater Stage at 2:30 p.m. Access to the grounds is always free on Sundays, and parking is free until 1:30 p.m.
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (Aug. 5, 2013)— Occupying a key geopolitical position at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Turkey has played an essential role in the western world. This week, CHQ examines Turkey’s history, culture, internal and external politics with the theme “Turkey: Model for the Middle East?”
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (JULY 30, 2013)— Week Seven at Chautauqua Institution is filled with entertaining acts for everyone. The Susquehanna Chorale kicks off the week on Aug. 4, at 2:30 p.m. for a free Sunday performance in the Amphitheater.
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (July 30, 2013)— CHQ focuses on international affairs this week with a series of lectures on the importance and practice of diplomacy. Frequent CHQ lecturer R. Nicholas Burns, formerly the third-ranking State Department official, opens the week with an introduction to and history of U.S. diplomatic efforts.
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, N.Y. (May 15, 2013) — Chautauqua Institution is delighted to announce Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Timothy Egan as the 2013 winner of The Chautauqua Prize.
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y., April 19, 2013 — Chautauqua Institution is pleased to announce six outstanding books as the 2013 finalists for The Chautauqua Prize:
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...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Shakespeare’s timeless love story Romeo and Juliet will be reinvented on Chautauqua Institution’s Amphitheater stage Saturday, July 27, with The Romeo & Juliet Project, an original inter-arts collaboration that brings together CHQ’s signature arts programs for a unique, one-night-only event. The massive co-production features three sets of Romeos and Juliets — actors, dancers and singers — joined onstage by 86 other performers and a 74-piece orchestra that fuses Shakespeare’s words with music by Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein, Gounod and the Reflections. The Romeo & Juliet Project is the result of a yearlong collaboration among Chautauqua Institution’s resident arts companies, including...