For the past week, Chautauqua Theater Company’s An Octoroon has been asking audience members to step into the skin of someone who may not look like them. “I think that is something every single person can
In dealing with America’s history with slavery, Chautauqua Theater Company’s production of An Octoroon depicts its fair share of violence. On his first day of rehearsal, fight choreographer Michael Brian Ogden told the actors that
In the prologue of An Octoroon, Larry Powell bares all on stage — and not just because he is in his underwear. The guest artist plays BJJ, a playwright who tells his therapist and the
Through an ironic use of bright lights and colorful costumes, Chautauqua Theater Company’s production of An Octoroon poses some big questions about America’s history with slavery. CTC Artistic Associate Sarah Wansley said An Octoroon’s
With practice, almost anyone can learn how to juggle a ball or two. Few, however, can do so with their mouth. Chautauquans can see this act and more in Cirque Montage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
In rehearsals for An Octoroon, members of Chautauqua Theater Company talked about race. A lot. Realizing that this conversation isn’t an easy one, director Giovanna Sardelli encouraged the actors to speak freely, calling each other
Reporter’s Note: Each summer, Chautauqua Theater Company opens its stage doors to young actors and theater makers for a fully funded fellowship. This summer’s conservatory includes 14 actors, four design fellows and one directing fellow.
Reporter’s Note: Each summer, Chautauqua Theater Company opens its stage doors to young actors and theater makers for a fully funded fellowship. This summer’s conservatory includes 14 actors, four design fellows and one directing fellow.
For playwright Lucas Hnath, a theater is not just a house of entertainment. He sees opportunity in a room full of strangers watching other strangers on stage, an opportunity for debate. Compared with film, Hnath
Theatergoers looking for a comfortable evening of entertainment will find no such thing this week in Bratton Theater. The puffy clouds of cotton that hang above the set for An Octoroon evoke an idyllic Southern
Andrew Borba believes Shakespeare, much like spinach, has developed a bad rap. Chautauqua Theater Company is on a mission this summer to make Shakespeare’s work as accessible as possible so more people have the opportunity
In the stage directions for An Octoroon, playwright Branden Jacob-Jenkins admits that he has no idea what an enslaved person sounds like, “and neither do you.” The play, which opens Chautauqua Theater Company’s 2018 season
When introducing the Young Playwrights Project to an eager audience enjoying their morning field trip on Monday, June 18, in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall, Chautauqua Theater Company Artistic Director Andrew Borba offered a disclaimer:
Good theater, if nothing else, is alive. As Chautauqua Theater Company brings its season to life this summer, it will be aided by many of the same minds who wrote the plays being staged. All
A new kind of British Invasion is coming to Chautauqua County this summer. It comes not at the hands of The Beatles or Spice Girls, but from William Shakespeare, with a little help from Chautauqua