Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) announces that Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll has been appointed to the Tony Awards Nominating Committee for the 2025–2026 Broadway season.  

Carroll joins a distinguished group of 64 theater professionals who will attend all Broadway productions this season and vote to determine the nominees for the 2026 Tony Awards. Members of the Nominating Committee serve a three-year term and play a vital role in shaping the future of American theater. 

Carroll has led CTC through two groundbreaking seasons, commissioning and premiering new works including tiny father by Mike Lew and The Light and The Dark by Kate Hamill. Her commitment to nurturing emerging voices has brought playwrights such as Chisa Hutchinson, C.A. Johnson and Zora Howard into the spotlight. 

Carroll’s extensive career includes collaborations with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Lincoln Center Education and Roundabout Theatre Company. Her appointment to the Tony Awards Nominating Committee underscores her influence in shaping the future of American theater through both her directorial work and her leadership at CTC. 

The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.  

You can join Carroll on an immersive journey into the heart of London’s theater scene this November with Chautauqua Travels. The trip is curated to unravel the mysteries of storied theaters and delve into the play development and writing processes. You will have the opportunity to go backstage and meet with theater professionals who all have a hand in making sure that the show goes on.  Carroll has selected five performances on some of London’s most celebrated stages.  

• Punch by James Graham 
• My Neighbour Totoro at the Gillian Lynne Theatre and winner of six Oliver Awards 
• Unbelievers by Nick Payne 
• Six The Musical  

This opportunity to travel with Jade King Carroll and experience the theater like never before is happening Nov. 10–15 of this year.  To secure your seat, visit travels.chq.org.  

ABOUT CHAUTAUQUA THEATER COMPANY   
Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) stands at the forefront of American theater, playing a pivotal role in shaping its future. While the Chautauqua community has embraced theater for over a century, CTC was officially founded in 1983 by Artistic Director Michael Kahn at Chautauqua Institution. For more than 40 years, CTC has been a vital launchpad for the next generation of theater artists, bridging the gap between training and professional success. CTC champions new voices in theater, serving as a national hub for commissioning, developing, and producing works by both established and emerging American playwrights. One of its major achievements includes Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles, which was originally developed at CTC and later had a celebrated run on Broadway. CTC has entered a new era of artistic excellence under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Jade King Carroll, commissioning plays by Kate Hamill (The Light and The Dark, 2024 CTC World Premiere), C.A. Johnson, and Sharyn Rothstein, and developing new works by Chisa Hutchinson, Mike Lew (tiny father, 2023 CTC World Premiere), Harrison David Rivers, Hilary Bettis, and more. CTC further deepens its commitment to new play development with the Roe Green Theater Center, construction beginning in late 2024. The state-of-the-art, black box theater and flexible rehearsal spaces will complement the beloved Bratton Theater and solidify CTC’s status as one of the nation’s premier accelerators of theater talent and new work.  

ABOUT CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION     
Chautauqua Institution is a not-for-profit, 750-acre community on Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York State, where approximately 7,500 people are in residence on any day during a nine-week season, and a total of more than 100,000 attend scheduled public events and even more engage online via the streaming channel CHQ Assembly. Chautauqua is dedicated to the exploration of the best in human values and the enrichment of life through a program that explores the important religious, social and political issues of our times; stimulates provocative, thoughtful involvement of individuals and families in creative response to such issues; and promotes excellence and creativity in the appreciation, performance and teaching of the arts.   

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