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June 1, 2023 | Announcements

Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Song Of The Cell Wins 2023 Chautauqua Prize

Pulitzer Winner Will Give Public Reading at Chautauqua Institution on Aug. 23 CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today proudly announces The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human (Scribner) by Siddhartha Mukherjee as the 2023 winner of The Chautauqua Prize.  Awarded annually since 2012, The Chautauqua Prize celebrates a book of fiction or literary/narrative nonfiction that provides a richly rewarding reading experience and to honor the author for a significant contribution to the literary arts. As author of this year’s winning book, Mukherjee receives $7,500, and will be presented with the Prize during a celebratory...

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May 18, 2023 | Announcements

Eleven Finalists Named for 2023 Chautauqua Prize

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution is pleased to announce 11 exceptional books as the 2023 finalists for The Chautauqua Prize, now in its 12th year:    The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin, by Hafizah Augustus Geter (Random House)   Border Hacker: A Tale of Treachery, Trafficking, and Two Friends on the Run, by Levi Vonk with Axel Kirschner (Bold Type Books)   A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories, by Meron Hadero (Restless Books)   Four Treasures of the Sky: A Novel, by Jenny Tinghui Zhang (Flatiron Books)   Horse: A Novel, by Geraldine Brooks (Viking Books)   The Latecomer: A...

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May 5, 2023 | Announcements, Chautauqua Theater Company

Chautauqua Theater Company Announces  2023 New Play Workshops 

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), the resident theater company of Chautauqua Institution, today announced its New Play Workshops for the 2023 season, its first under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll.    CTC’s audience will have the opportunity to experience plays at every stage of development by the country’s most exciting playwrights. From a first new play reading to a staged workshop, from a world premiere to a published adaptation, the audience will be a part of the process as CTC deepens its long-standing commitment to new work.  CTC will present readings of three new...

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April 6, 2023 | Announcements

Nine Emerging Writers Named Finalists for 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize

Chautauqua Literary Arts and the Department of Education at Chautauqua Institution are pleased to announce nine finalists for the 2023 Chautauqua Janus Prize. To be awarded this summer for the sixth time, the Janus Prize has enjoyed a steady increase of interest among emerging writers and this year saw another record-breaking number of submissions.   This year, more than 120 writers entered work to be considered for the prize that looks to celebrate an emerging writer’s single work of short fiction or nonfiction for daring formal and aesthetic innovations that upset and reorder readers’ imagination. The nine finalists for the 2023 Chautauqua...

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March 28, 2023 | Announcements, Institution News

Sasha Janes Named Artistic Director of Chautauqua School of Dance

Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of celebrated artistic leader Sasha Janes as artistic director of its School of Dance. In this role, Janes will oversee the artistic vision and focus of one of the most respected summer programs in the dance world, cultivate a robust professional company and guest artist presence on the Institution grounds throughout the traditional nine-week Chautauqua Summer Assembly, and further dance residency initiatives year-round.    Janes, currently based in Bloomington, Indiana, serves as a professor of music in ballet at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Born in Perth, Australia, he received his formal dance training...

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March 15, 2023 | Announcements, Institution News

Jordan Steves Named Interim Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education

Chautauqua Institution today announced the interim appointment of Jordan Steves to the role of Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education.  This appointment follows the announcement last week of the resignation of Matt Ewalt, Vice President and Emily and Richard Smucker Chair for Education, who is taking on a new role for The Texas Tribune. As interim chair, Steves will lead the coordination, planning and presentation of the Chautauqua Lecture Series, the Institution’s signature lecture platform that takes place at 10:45 a.m. Monday-Friday during the Summer Assembly. “Jordan brings a deep knowledge of and commitment to the mission and history...

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January 30, 2023 | Announcements, Chautauqua Theater Company

Chautauqua Theater Company Announces 2023 Season 

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), the resident theater company of Chautauqua Institution, today announced its 2023 season, its first under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll.    CTC will present readings of three new play workshops and two mainstage productions: Mike Lew’s tiny father, a world premiere directed by Tony Award-nominated Moritz von Stuelpnagel, and Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen and directed by Carroll, an award-winning director. The season will continue to deepen CTC’s commitment to the development of new work, while expanding on how the company reimagines classic and canonical...

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January 20, 2023 | Announcements, Chautauqua Opera Company

Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory Announces 2023 Season

The Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory, the resident opera company and conservatory of Chautauqua Institution, today announced its 2023 Season.   The Chautauqua Opera Company’s 2023 productions will feature Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and La Tragédie de Carmen — Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carriere and Marius Constant’s adaptation of Bizet’s beloved opera. Both will be conducted by Steven Osgood and staged in Norton Memorial Hall. The Opera Conservatory, led by Director Marlena Malas and Associate Director John Giampietro, will mount three productions.  Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica will be staged in Chautauqua’s Amphitheater in...

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December 21, 2022 | Announcements

Sharon Louden To Step Down As Artistic Director Of Chautauqua Visual Arts

School of Art Program to Pause in 2023 During National Search for New Artistic Director Chautauqua Institution today announced the forthcoming departure of Sharon Louden as the Sydelle Sonkin and Herb Siegel Artistic Director of Chautauqua Visual Arts (CVA). CVA’s School of Art program will be paused in 2023 while leaders conduct a national search for a new artistic director. Louden, a nationally recognized artist, educator and advocate for artists, departs after four transformative years at the helm of the Institution’s resident visual arts program. She will step down effective Dec. 31.  “We are so grateful to Sharon for sharing...

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December 21, 2022 | Announcements

Chautauqua Announces 150th Season

Chautauqua Institution today announced additional details on its plans for the 2023 Summer Assembly, scheduled for June 24 to August 27.    The season launches with acclaimed blues singer, guitarist and songwriter Bonnie Raitt and includes lectures from Jordan’s Her Majesty Queen Noor, NPR puzzlemaster Will Shortz, “The Goonies” and “Stranger Things” actor Sean Astin, and political commentator Bill Kristol.  Other performing arts standouts include The Washington Ballet, Frankie Valli, Natalie Merchant, Straight No Chaser and Girl Named Tom.  More acts and speakers, the complete Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra repertoire, as well as chaplains in residence and Interfaith Lecture Series themes...

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