Contact:Emily MorrisSenior Vice President/Chief Brand Officeremorris@chq.org CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution expresses appreciation to the media organizations who are reaching out currently. We greatly appreciate receiving your requests and are keeping Mr. Rushdie and Mr. Reese in our prayers as they recover from their serious injuries. At this time, our community has entered an important healing phase and is focused on our collective path forward as an organization and as a sacred place that seeks to foster the very best in humanity, independent thinking, and free expression – virtues that Mr. Rushdie and Mr. Reese very much champion and stand...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE10 p.m. EDT Friday, August 12 Contact:Jordan Stevesjsteves@chq.org CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Please find below a link to the New York State Police news conference about the attack on Salman Rushdie at Chautauqua Institution Aug. 12, 2022. Following that is a link to our community vigil at which our president, Michael E. Hill, offered remarks. The vigil was held Friday, Aug. 12, at 7 p.m., in the Chautauqua Institution Hall of Philosophy. New York State Police Statement (8.12.22, updated) https://www.nyspnews.com/state-police-are-investigating-an-attack-on-author-salman-rushdie.htm Community Vigil Remarks by Michael E. Hill, Ed.D., President of Chautauqua InstitutionLink to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqkhfxTwYB8 (Complete Chautauqua Institution Community Vigil (8.12.22))https://assembly.chq.org/featured/videos/chautauqua-community-vigil-2022...
Chautauqua Institution today announced that Jade King Carroll will be the next producing artistic director of its resident Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) following an extensive national search. She succeeds Andrew Borba as the institution’s artistic leader; Borba will step down following the 2022 season.
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of the celebrated director Jade King Carroll as Producing Artistic Director of its resident Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) following an extensive national search. In this role, Carroll will program and oversee the company’s robust annual summer season of professional productions, a growing new work development program, and a renowned conservatory that supports early-career artists. Based in New York City, Carroll is currently the resident artist at Dorset Theatre Festival, where she helms the commissioning and fellowship program along with their StageFree audio play series. She is also a part of the...
Welcome to the spring update of the Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative. This special edition details the exciting climate and environment programs you will find at Chautauqua this spring, summer and fall. The information is organized into four sections: (I) Chautauqua Institution lectures; (II) Partner programs in collaboration with the Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative; (III) Special events and performances; and (IV) Classes and workshops. Under lined text links you to the web for more information. At the end of this update, you’ll find a one-page grid to help you follow along week-by-week. But first, a few reminders: You can get updates...
Welcome to the second quarterly update of the Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative. There have been some exciting developments since the Fall 2021 update, including new climate and environment-themed programming and progress in our lake conservation and restoration efforts. We now have a dedicated landing page on Chautauqua’s website, climate.chq.org, where you can get updates on current programs and events as well as links to past programs on CHQ Assembly. Thanks to the Institution’s generous donors, we will have an excellent resource available to on-grounds visitors during the summer, free copies of a special Chautauqua edition of The World’s Littlest Book...
CHAUTAUQUA, NY — The Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory, the resident opera company and conservatory of Chautauqua Institution, today announced the first season of its newly unified program under the leadership of General and Artistic Director Steven Osgood and Conservatory Director Marlena Malas. The company and former Chautauqua Voice Program unified in fall 2021. The Chautauqua Opera Company’s three 2022 productions will be Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca; Kamala Sankaram and Susan Yankowitz’s chamber opera Thumbprint; and The Mother of Us All, by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein. The Opera Conservatory will produce Don Giovanni by Lorenzo Da Ponte and Wolfgang Amadeus...
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,...
The call I received was from Chautauqua Institution and the artistic directors for the Institution’s resident opera and theater companies. Both companies were unsure how the various COVID restrictions were going to affect their impending summer seasons, but they both knew that they had to perform outdoors for COVID compliance. After many discussions with the administrative team for the Institution, an outdoor space was chosen for the temporary venue, and I was asked to design the sound system.
