After closing out a successful and historic 2019 theater season, Chautauqua Theater Company is looking to make 2020 an even more ground-breaking and progressive experience. The shows for next summer will all share one key
Mark Russell, left, and David Tabish rehearse their lines in Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" routine Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 in Lenna Hall. Members of the Friends of Chautauqua Theater subgroup, the Chautauqua Play
This summer spells a momentous occasion for the theater community at Chautauqua. As Chautauqua Theater Company celebrates the successful conclusion of its season and the accomplishment of pulling off their “biggest show ever” in One
Chautauqua Lake High School Student Shannon McKee talks about her experience visiting the National Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. and her experience there, during the Hebrew Lecture Series on Sunday, July 15, 2019 in Hurlbut
This season has been one of excitement and accomplishment for Chautauqua Theater Company. Over the course of the summer, CTC has seen the success of staging its first ever New Play Workshop musical, Agent 355;
Harris For Alex Harris, music is more than a form of entertainment. Since he was 7, the rhythm and blues artist has had a passion for the way that music can speak when other words
Newman Who: Sofia Bunting Newman, CTC conservatory actor. Newman came to Chautauqua shortly after reconnecting with her roots as a drummer. She picked the instrument back up shortly before this summer to audition for a
Granderson Who: Amara Granderson, CTC conservatory actor. Granderson is preparing to finish off the summer season with her roles as Peggy Shippen-Arnold and Abraham Woodhull in CTC’s final New Play Workshop show, Agent 355. Throughout
Kahkoska Allen Agent 355, the punk rock, Revolutionary War-era espionage story told through the lens of an upbeat concert, has humble beginnings. “I kind of just looked up women in history,” said co-creator Preston Max
Walsh At the top of the script for On the Exhale, playwright Martín Zimmerman includes a note for the show’s director and sole actor. “As much as possible, she should be speaking to the people
If the Revolutionary War were a musical genre, what genre would it be? According to Preston Max Allen and Jessica Kahkoska: punk rock. Allen and Kahkoska are the creators of Chautauqua Theater Company’s third New
So far in 2019, there have been at least 17 mass shootings in the United States, according to ABC News; depending on how one qualifies the term, that number can go as high as
A magician never reveals his secrets, but for Bill Blagg, the reason magic continues to interest and engage audiences isn’t a secret at all. “It’s the fascination of the impossible,” Blagg said. “Magic is something
Dancers from the Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet perform Tzigane during CRYB’s Spring Gala on June 14 in the Amphitheater. CRYB will open its Family Entertainment Series performance at 6 p.m. tonight in Elizabeth S. Lenna
González Who: María Gabriela Rosado González, CTC conservatory actor. This season, González has had the chance to participate in two of CTC’s shows — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as the Fairy Queen Titania and Duchess
Dhamija Who: Rishan Dhamija, CTC conservatory actor. Dhamija has had a season full of extravagant, dynamic roles. In CTC’s traveling production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he took on the part of Demetrius, a young