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 Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors Vivienne Benesch and Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, is proud to announce mainstage programming for the summer of 2016. The season will feature Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), directed by Larissa Kokernot (July 1-10); The Profane, a commissioned play by Zayd Dohrn (July 22-31), directed by Vivienne Benesch; and Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (August 12-19), directed by Andrew Borba. “With a Tony-nominated treasure from this last decade, then our commissioned play, and a Shakespeare classic with a twist, we’ll be...
(Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors Vivienne Benesch and Andrew Borba and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, is proud to announce mainstage programming for the summer of 2016. The season will feature Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), directed by Larissa Kokernot (July 1-10); The Profane, a commissioned play by Zayd Dohrn (July 22-31), directed by Vivienne Benesch; and Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (August 12-19), directed by Andrew Borba. “With a Tony-nominated treasure from this last decade, then our commissioned play, and a Shakespeare classic with a twist,...
(Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents David West Read’s Afterlove for three Signature Staged Readings from Wednesday, August 5 to Friday, August 7 on the Bratton Stage. Directed by Associate Artistic Director Andrew Borba (numerous CTC directing credits, including The Comedy of Errors, The Philadelphia Story, and Macbeth), Afterlove’s cast features guest artists Charlie Semine (CTC 2005 Conservatory alum; multiple television credits including “Mercy,” “Smash,” and “The Following”) and Aaron Roman Weiner (Regional credits include LAByrinth Theater Company, Roundtable Ensemble, and Hangar Theatre). CTC Conservatory...
(Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents William Shakespeare’s Henry V from August 14 through August 21 on the Bratton Stage. Up-and-coming Director Evan Cabnet (Broadway’s anticipated Therese Raquin, Primary Stage’s The Model Apartment) makes his Chautauqua Theater Company debut. Henry V stars returning Conservatory Actor Jonathan Majors (Yale School of Drama) in the title role. Majors received rave reviews for his performance in CTC’s 2014 productions of A Raisin in the Sun. Henry V’s large ensemble cast features the entire 2015 Conservatory Acting Company. The...
(Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel from July 24 through August 2 on the Bratton Stage. Directed by CTC Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch, the cast is lead by CTC 2013 Conservatory alumna Tangela Large (CTC’s Clybourne Park; Pittsburgh City Theatre Company’s Mr. Joy; Trinity Rep’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), as Esther and Kathryn Hunter Williams (PlayMakers Rep.) as Mrs. Dickson. Conservatory Actors Matthew Baldiga (American Conservatory Theater), Kyle Vincent Terry (Brown/Trinity), Kate Eastman (The Juilliard School) and Whitney...
Jason Wells’s The Engine of Our Ruin launches 2015 Signature Staged Readings Series (Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents Jason Wells’s The Engine of Our Ruin for two Signature Staged Readings on July 17 and 18 on the Bratton Stage. Directed by Resident Director Ethan McSweeny (numerous CTC credits, most recently A Raisin in the Sun; Broadway’s revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man), The Engine of Our Ruin’s ensemble cast features guest artists Demosthenes Chrysan (Broadway’s Golden Boy), Jamestown, New York recent transplant Ronald...
Thornton Wilder’s American Classic Complements July 4 Celebrations (Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch and Managing Director Sarah Clare Corporandy, presents Thornton Wilder’s Our Town from July 3 through July 12 on the Bratton Stage. Directed by Paul Mullins (CTC’s You Can’t Take It With You), the cast is lead by Broadway’s Manu Narayan (Bombay Dreams) as the Stage Manager. Conservatory Actors Audrey Corsa (The Juilliard School) and Myles Bullock (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) make their Chautauqua Theater Company debuts as Emily Webb and George Gibbs. Michael Potts (television’s “True Detective”...