Despite being president of Chautauqua Institution, Michael E. Hill said he experienced the current season almost in the same way Chautauquans did. “It’s been an incredible season for me, personally,” Hill told Chautauquans gathered on
The great outdoors of Chautauqua County will become the stage of Chautauqua Theater Company next season. After wanting to share Shakespeare with the community at large for years, the CTC conservatory will put on free
The first offering of Chautauqua Theater Company’s recent New Play Workshop, Dan Cody’s Yacht, is sailing into an off-Broadway theater next year. Manhattan Theatre Club announced the play from Anthony Giardina, which appeared as a
One thought that came up as members of the Chautauqua Play Readers explored the new play Love/Sick by John Cariani: “Thank God I’m not young anymore. I don’t have to go through that.” “That” refers to
A female spy from the Revolutionary War, buried by history, whose existence and identity historians debate — that absolutely sounds like the basis of a woman-powered punk musical. At least, that’s what musical theater artists
Jacques Pépin is not a chef — at least not at the moment. “I’m not a chef now,” Pépin said. “I don’t have a restaurant. I’m not running a place. I cook at home and
Reporter’s Note: Each summer, Chautauqua Theater Company opens its stage doors to young actors and theatermakers for a fully funded fellowship. This summer’s conservatory includes 14 actors, four design fellows and one directing fellow. They
Reporter’s Note: Each summer, Chautauqua Theater Company opens its stage doors to young actors and theatermakers for a fully funded fellowship. This summer’s conservatory includes 14 actors, four design fellows and one directing fellow. They
Assumptions don’t help the characters come to a happy end in Romeo & Juliet. But it’s safe to assume this wasn’t the first time artists at Chautauqua Theater Company encountered the work. “I’ve been playing
Despite there not being an actual musical in the current Chautauqua Theater Company season, it’s been a musical summer. By chance, a number of the CTC conservatory actors came to Chautauqua with their instruments or
As Lord Capulet, one of the meatier parental roles in Romeo & Juliet, Keith Randolph Smith is the dad onstage. In a way, he’s also the dad offstage. Smith is among the three guest artists
Not too many acts can do what The Passing Zone promises to do: save the world in 90 minutes. Owen Morse and Jon Wee, the duo behind the comedy and juggling act, said they are
For a show that’s ostensibly about love, there wouldn’t be much of a plot to Romeo & Juliet without all that violence. “It’s such a part of the story,” said professional fight director Thomas Schall.
Shakespeare is getting out of the high school English classroom and back on the stage for area students, thanks to an initiative from Chautauqua Theater Company. “They are meant to be seen and lived through,”
If the young dancers at Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet missed the professional dance performances at Chautauqua Institution this summer, they had a good reason. “When they are here, they always go to all the ballet
The first time Chautauqua Theater Company conservatory actor Adrianna Mitchell saw a black woman in a Shakespeare play, she was 20. “You know that it happens, but I just hadn’t seen it,” Mitchell said. “So