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Posts Matching: Chautauqua Theater Company

May 21, 2025 | In The News

Chautauqua Theater Company Marks 20 Years of New Play Development

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), the professional theater company of Chautauqua Institution, is proud to announce its 2025 New Play Workshops — a celebrated series that continues CTC’s tradition of championing bold, original voices and advancing the future of American theater.  This season, CTC will present three new works at varying stages of development, offering audiences a unique opportunity to engage with new plays in real time. The 2025 New Play Workshop (NPW) lineup features Pranayama by James Anthony Tyler, All the Little Boxes by Vichet Chum, and CTC’s commission Best for Baby by Sharyn Rothstein. These workshops and readings are...

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May 1, 2025 | Blog, Arts & Entertainment, Theater, Theater Press Releases, Institution News, Chautauqua Theater Company

Chautauqua Theater Company Announces Next Commission: Playwright Zora Howard  

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), has announced the commission of a new play by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Zora Howard. This commission is part of CTC’s ongoing commitment to support bold, resonant storytelling and to elevate some of today’s most compelling voices in American theater.  Zora Howard, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her acclaimed play STEW, is known for her lyrical writing and deeply human characters. Her work, including Hang Time and the recently premiered Bust, often explores the interior lives of Black women, the complexities of familial bonds, and the enduring impact of memory and place.  Through this commission, CTC...

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February 14, 2025 | Announcements, Blog Posts

Chautauqua Theater Company Announces 2025 Mainstage Season

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) today announced their full mainstage season for 2025.   In addition to the previously announced world premiere of Tell Me You’re Dying by C.A. Johnson, CTC will produce Execution of Justice by Emily Mann, a reexamined version to be directed by Mann herself.   Emily Mann is a Tony-nominated director and playwright and a Tony Award-winning Artistic Director.  In her 30 years as Artistic Director and Resident Playwright at McCarter Theatre Center, she wrote 15 new plays and adaptations, directed over 50 productions, produced 180 plays and musicals, and supported and directed the work of emerging and legendary...

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December 19, 2024 | Chautauqua Theater Company, Blog Posts

Chautauqua Theater Company Announces the World Premiere of ‘Tell Me You’re Dying’ by C.A. Johnson, a Commissioned Post-Apocalyptic Love Story Like No Other 

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), the resident theater company of Chautauqua Institution, announces plans for the world premiere of Tell Me You’re Dying, a CTC-commissioned work by Brooklyn-based playwright C.A. Johnson.   This year marks CTC’s third consecutive year producing a world premiere, underscoring the company’s commitment to supporting fresh voices in American theater. C.A. Johnson, an emerging powerhouse known for her poignant, complex explorations of human relationships, offers audiences an unconventional tale of love and survival against an apocalyptic backdrop.   The world premiere of Tell Me You’re Dying is an opportunity to experience a daring and genre-blending production — a post-apocalyptic...

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December 3, 2024 | In The News

Broadway World: Chautauqua Theater Company to Commission Musical Adaptation of Kwame Alexander’s THE CROSSOVER

Chautauqua Theater Company has announced their commission and development of a musical adaptation of The Crossover, the critically acclaimed novel by New York Times best-selling author and Chautauqua Institution’s Michael I. Rudell Artistic Director of Literary Arts and writer-in-residence Kwame Alexander. Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll, CTC is cementing its reputation as a national home for exciting new works. Carroll’s tenure has brought a renewed focus on commissioning, developing and producing works from new and established American Playwrights. This commitment to fostering innovative storytelling is exemplified with recent commissions such as Kate Hamill‘s The Light and The Dark, C.A....

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November 21, 2024 | Announcements, Chautauqua Theater Company, Featured Post

Chautauqua Theater Company to Commission Musical Adaptation of Kwame Alexander’s ‘The Crossover’

Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), the resident theater company of Chautauqua Institution, today announced their commission and development of a musical adaptation of The Crossover, the critically acclaimed novel by New York Times best-selling author and Chautauqua Institution’s Michael I. Rudell Artistic Director of Literary Arts and writer-in-residence Kwame Alexander.  Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll, CTC is cementing its reputation as a national home for exciting new works. Carroll’s tenure has brought a renewed focus on commissioning, developing and producing works from new and established American playwrights. This commitment to fostering innovative storytelling is exemplified with...

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November 4, 2024 | In The News

PLAYBILL: The Light and the Dark, Amerikin, More in Primary Stages’ 2024-2025 SeasonPLAYBILL:

The Off-Broadway company has also announced a year-long discount ticketing initiative. Off-Broadway’s Primary Stages has announced the lineup of productions for its 2024-2025 season, which marks its 40th anniversary. The company will also take part in a discount ticketing initiative throughout the season.  The season will kick off with Kate Hamill‘s The Light and the Dark (The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi), running November 2-December 15. Jade King Carroll will direct the work, which is presented in association with Chautauqua Theater Company and Jamie deRoy. The work, which had its world premiere at CTC earlier this year, tracks how painter Artemisia Gentileschi transcended trauma to become one of...

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October 23, 2024 | In The News

Cast Set for THE LIGHT AND THE DARK at Primary Stages

PRIMARY STAGES and 59E59 Theaters in association with Chautauqua Theater Company, and in association with Jamie deRoy, will present The Light and The Dark, a new play written by Kate Hamill and directed by Jade King Carroll. The Light and The Dark will begin previews at 59E59’s Theater A on November 2, 2024, with an opening night set for November 17 for a limited run through December 15, 2024. Primary Stages is the Resident Off Broadway Theater Company at 59E59 Theaters.

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September 26, 2024 | In The News

Applications Now Open for Drama League’s 2025 Directors Project

The organization has also announced Whitney White, Schele Williams, and Tatyana Marie-Carlo will serve as mentors for this year’s Irene Gandy Directing Assistantships.

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August 10, 2024 | In The News

PLAYBILL: Kate Hamill’s The Light and The Dark Makes World Premiere Beginning August 10

Chautauqua Theater Company, the resident theatre company of Chautauqua Institution, produces the world premiere of Kate Hamill’s The Light and The Dark in association with Primary Stages. Directed by Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll, the play begins previews August 10 prior to an official opening August 15 for a limited engagement through August 23 in Chautauqua, New York.

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