Jade King Carroll Appointed as Producing Artistic Director of Chautauqua Theater Company
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...
Jordan Steves Named Emily and Richard Smucker Chair
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. August 29, 2023 – Following a national search, Chautauqua Institution today announced the appointment of Jordan Steves as Emily and Richard Smucker Chair of Education. Steves has been serving as Interim Smucker Chair since March. Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer Deborah Sunya Moore said Steves’s legacy of service and leadership position Chautauqua to build on the strengths of these core education programs. “This position is about preserving the depth of history,...
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George Saunders
The recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and numerous literary awards, George Saunders is the celebrated author of a novel, four collections of short stories, a novella, a book of essays and a children’s book. His most recent collection, Liberation Day, is a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics and justice, cutting to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. It is...
Elizabeth O’Connor’s ‘Whale Fall: A Novel’ Wins 2025 Chautauqua Prize
...year’s winning book, O’Connor receives $7,500 and will be presented with the Prize during a celebratory event and public reading at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 15, in Chautauqua’s Hall of Philosophy. O’Connor said she was deeply grateful and thrilled to accept the Prize this summer at the Institution. “I am profoundly honoured (and still in shock!) to have Whale Fall recognised by The Chautauqua Prize,” O’Connor continued. “It is especially meaningful from an organisation...
Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative: December 2024
...as my siblings, cousins and I tore through present after present, barely pausing to appreciate any individual gift. Americans spend over half a billion dollars on holiday shopping, with the average shopper spending about $1,638 on gifts, travel , and entertainment. Surveys show that many holiday gifts are unwanted, either going unused or in the trash, with one study finding that this annual holiday shopping spree causes 23% more household waste than in other months. ...
Chautauqua Institution Welcomes Gamelan Dharma Swara and Returning Yue Yin Dance Company for Spring Residencies
Chautauqua Institution today announced spring residencies, including Yue Yin Dance Company (YYDC) and Gamelan Dharma Swara. YYDC is set to return to Chautauqua to perform a special preview performance of SOMEWHERE, choreographed by Artistic Director Yue Yin, at the Chautauqua Amphitheater on Thursday, May 23 at 4 p.m. In Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall on Tuesday, May 21 at 4 p.m., Gamelan Dharma Swara will unveil an exclusive preview world premiere of a new Dharma Swara...
Chautauqua Opera Company workshops: Ida by Lamplight and Sitcom
IDA BY LAMPLIGHT IDA BY LAMPLIGHT is the third chamber opera to be realized from Jerre Dye’s anthology libretto THE SUMMER PLACE, commissioned by the Chautauqua Opera Guild, which captures Chautauqua Institution’s history from its founding through today. Jeremy Gill, Chautauqua Opera Company’s 2016 composer-in-residence, will set the 20-minute score. IDA BY LAMPLIGHT invites the audience into the office of THE CHAUTAUQUAN, late one night in 1886. Ida Tarbell, managing editor of THE CHAUTAUQUAN, and...
Four Leaders Join Institution Board of Trustees
...welcome them with enthusiasm and gratitude,” Maxwell said. Also at the meeting, Izumi Hara, Terrance Horner, Candy Maxwell and Sara Hagen McWilliams were elected to second four-year terms through 2027. 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 persons 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...
Chautauqua Arts Education During the 2024 Summer Assembly
...3rd and 4th-grade schools to a summer camp-friendly version and customized to a broader age range. From Monday to Thursday, teaching artists dove into classrooms — playing theater games that taught the elements of a play. Younger students created their plays as a class, and older students wrote class and individual plays. By week’s end, students visited Chautauqua Institution to make props and showcase their learning in a grand performance with participating students from each...