CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (Aug. 5, 2013)— Occupying a key geopolitical position at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Turkey has played an essential role in the western world. This week, CHQ examines Turkey’s history, culture, internal and external politics with the theme “Turkey: Model for the Middle East?”
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (JULY 30, 2013)— Week Seven at Chautauqua Institution is filled with entertaining acts for everyone. The Susquehanna Chorale kicks off the week on Aug. 4, at 2:30 p.m. for a free Sunday performance in the Amphitheater.
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (July 30, 2013)— CHQ focuses on international affairs this week with a series of lectures on the importance and practice of diplomacy. Frequent CHQ lecturer R. Nicholas Burns, formerly the third-ranking State Department official, opens the week with an introduction to and history of U.S. diplomatic efforts.
The New Play Workshop Signature Staged Readings: Dark Radio by Colin McKenna and Transit by Kait Kerrigan Playwright Molly Smith Metzler receives 2013/14 Commission (Chautauqua, NY) Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Vivienne Benesch Artistic Director and Sarah Clare Corporandy Managing Director, is proud to announce casting for its 30th Anniversary season featuring Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (June 28-July 7), the Pulitzer and Tony-winning Clybourne Park (July 19-28), Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors (August 9-16) all on the Bratton Theater Mainstage, in addition to The Romeo & Juliet Project (July 27) in the renowned...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (May 15, 2013) — Chautauqua Institution is delighted to announce Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Timothy Egan as the 2013 winner of The Chautauqua Prize.
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y., April 19, 2013 — Chautauqua Institution is pleased to announce six outstanding books as the 2013 finalists for The Chautauqua Prize:
Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Vivienne Benesch Artistic Director and Sarah Clare Corporandy Managing Director, is proud to announce programming for its 30th Anniversary season featuring Tennessee Williams’ classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (June 28-July 7), the Pulitzer and Tony-winning Clybourne Park (July 19-28) and Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors (August 9-16) on the Bratton Theater Mainstage. CTC’s innovative The New Play Workshop (July 11-13; August 1-3) will present two exciting new plays and in a signature CHQ event two years in the making, The Romeo & Juliet Project will re-interpret this classic tale of...
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Shakespeare’s timeless love story Romeo and Juliet will be reinvented on Chautauqua Institution’s Amphitheater stage Saturday, July 27, with The Romeo & Juliet Project, an original inter-arts collaboration that brings together CHQ’s signature arts programs for a unique, one-night-only event. The massive co-production features three sets of Romeos and Juliets — actors, dancers and singers — joined onstage by 86 other performers and a 74-piece orchestra that fuses Shakespeare’s words with music by Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein, Gounod and the Reflections. The Romeo & Juliet Project is the result of a yearlong collaboration among Chautauqua Institution’s resident arts companies, including...
The Philadelphia Story, by Philip BarryWorld Premiere, Fifty Ways, by Kate FodorAs You Like It, by William Shakespeare2 New Play Workshops Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) is thrilled to announce its 29th season as theresident theater on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution — western New York’spremier summer arts festival. The 2012 season includes the world premiere of CTC’sinaugural commission (Kate Fodor’s Fifty Ways) two great classics (The PhiladelphiaStory and As You Like It), the ever popular New Play Workshop series and a host ofother special events and performances. “It’s a season packed with over 50 events in 56 days,” says...
Performances begin June 29, 2012 Chautauqua, NY (6/25/2012) – Chautauqua Theater Company’s Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch is proud to announce the first production of CTC’s 29th season: Philip Barry’s The Philadelphia Story, running from June 29 through July 8. “We all know the Philadelphia Story as the Hollywood blockbuster with the iconic stars of yesterday, “ says Benesch, “now come and see the play it was based on with the rising stars of tomorrow.” Philip Barry’s, quintessentially American, 1939 classic is directed by CTC’s Associate Artistic Director, Andrew Borba, and features emerging talents Carolyn Holding as Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord,...