CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), the resident theater company of Chautauqua Institution, today announced its return to Bratton Theater in 2022, with three fully produced productions: Indecent by Paula Vogel, Animals Out of Paper by Rajiv Joseph, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee, as well as three New Play Workshops. The 2022 season will be Andrew Borba’s final season as the company’s artistic director. “After two seasons away, returning to that sacred theater with a full conservatory and these extraordinary plays will sure make it harder to say goodbye,” shares Borba. “This is a huge...
Olga Sanchez Saltveit to Join as Director of New Work Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), the resident theater company of Chautauqua Institution, today announced the appointment of Olga Sanchez Saltveit as Director of New Work, an inaugural position for the company. Sanchez Saltveit’s hire is the next step in CTC’s initiative to expand New Play Workshop programming and residencies. It also aligns with the overall efforts of Chautauqua Institution to amplify important and diverse American voices in the arts, fostering new work and catalyzing the creative process. As Director of New Work, Sanchez Saltveit will build and maintain connections to playwrights,...
Chautauqua Institution today announced the forthcoming departures of Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) Artistic Director Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy. Borba will step down following completion of the company’s 2022 season in August. Corporandy will depart in the spring of 2022, following the appointment of a new Managing Director. National searches for each leadership role will launch shortly. “Andrew and Sarah Clare have led CTC through a period of artistic excellence and company growth that I am incredibly proud of. From their commitment to new work to their nurturing of conservatory actors and both emerging and celebrated playwrights,...
Chautauqua Theater Company today unveils program plans for the 2021 season, including three mainstage productions at the open-air Performance Pavilion on Pratt Avenue, a modified version of the renowned New Play Workshops. The mainstage performances showcase CTC’s versatility and commitment to elevating BIPOC voices, through presentations of Dominique Morrisseau’s Blood at the Root and George Stevens Jr.’s Thurgood, alongside original productions of the centuries-old Commedia dell’arte form. The 2021 repertoire responds to the issues of the day and the challenges of performing live in what everyone hopes will be the final months of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve approached our evolving planning this season with the...
Chautauqua Institution’s New CHQ Assembly Platform to Feature Works by Charly Evon Simpson and Heather Raffo CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, will preserve its commitment to new work development by presenting virtual workshops of Charly Evon Simpson’s it’s not a trip it’s a journey, directed by Nicole A. Watson, on July 15, and Heather Raffo’s Tomorrow Will Be Sunday (working title), directed by Jenny Koons, on July 22. Both New Play Workshop performances will be offered at no cost; viewers will be encouraged to provide a donation to benefit Chautauqua...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, confirmed today that it will cancel its on-grounds programming for the summer 2020 season. “The coronavirus has affected every one of our lives in big and small ways. A year ago when we programmed our 2020 Season we had no idea how the world would change,” Corporandy said. “While we lament not being with our Chautauqua Institution community on grounds, or hiring back our entire staff, we are looking forward to the challenges and successes of presenting theater in...
New Jamestown Riverwalk Location and Additional CHQ Dates CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, is pleased to continue their traveling Shakespeare for the second year in a row. This summer CTC will present A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare, adapted by Jeff Witty of Avenue Q fame, and Directed by Sarah Elizabeth Wansley. CTC’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream re-imagines Shakespeare’s beloved comedy through a contemporary lens. Featuring intricate folk-harmonies from a fairy trio, physical comedy and gentle audience interaction, this...
Will Star Debra Messing and be Directed by Former CTC Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, is pleased to announce that its 2017 New Play Workshop Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle will be opening on Broadway in 2019–2020 season. Former CTC artistic director Vivienne Benesch will direct the Broadway premiere at the Roundabout Theatre Company, and the production will star Debra Messing, best known for her lead role in the NBC television series “Will & Grace.” Birthday Candles was originally commissioned by Detroit Public Theater...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) this week announced its 2019 season line-up, featuring a look inside contemporary Christianity with Lucas Hnath’s Obie Award Winning Play, The Christians and a West End and Broadway hit with Richard Bean’s farce, One Man, Two Guvnors, in addition to the popular Young Playwrights Project, Shakespeare, and CTC’s signature New Play Workshops. “This series will showcase our strengths and stretch our capacity in new ways,” says Sarah Clare Corporandy, Managing Director of CTC. “We are trying a new approach, with two highly celebrated mainstage performances that will each have extended runs,” Corporandy said....
Performances August 11–17 CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Theater Company under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, is proud to bring award-winning playwright George Brant’s uplifting comedy Into the Breeches! to CTC. Directed by Laura Kepley, Artistic Director of the Cleveland Play House, Into the Breeches! plays from August 11th-17th on the Bratton Stage at the Chautauqua Institution. Tickets are $35-40. A Fringe First and Smith Prize Award Winner, George Brant premiered Into the Breeches! at Trinity Repertory Company and it was declared “a breath of fresh air that will leave one smiling” by...