Theater

Rebeca Robles, sitting on Bratton Theater’s porch in the dappled sunlight, sketched out an invisible schema in midair. The conservatory actor in Chautauqua Theater Company’s

Paula Vogel’s Indecent, which kicked off Chautauqua Theater Company’s 2022 season, is a musical, or a play with music, depending on who you ask.  Regardless

Ellen Nikbakht and Rebeca Robles, the conservatory actors who play the two female leads in Chautauqua Theater Company’s Indecent, quote the play in unison: “You

Eleanor Reissa is a multi-hyphenate — singer, actor, director, writer —  but she never expected her resume to include “dialect coach.” And yet, that’s exactly

Indecent’s music director Lisa Gutkin has a million different ideas for projects ping-ponging around her mind at any given moment, an embarrassment of riches. The

Perched on a rocking chair on the shady porch of Bratton Theater, Adin Walker’s feet don’t touch the ground. The choreographer for Chautauqua Theater Company’s

When Paula Vogel, writer of the play Indecent, was a Cornell Ph.D. candidate in the 1970s, she struggled. Sara Warner, the current director of Cornell’s

Conservatory actors Ellen Nikbakht, left, and Rebeca Robles, right, perform as Halina and Chana. Nicole Wee, the costume designer for Chautauqua Theater Company’s production of

Lisa Rothe, the director of Chautauqua Theater Company’s production of Indecent, has been influenced by women throughout her career. When she was a CTC conservatory

The wandering troupe is returning home. In 2020, they were on Zoom. In 2021, they were outdoors. Now, for the first time since 2019, the

DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Chautauqua Theater Company Guest Artist Brian Marable performs as Thurgood Marshall in the Performance Pavilion on Pratt for CTC’s production

DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Amidst all the uncertainty of this year’s programming, one thing is for certain: Chautauqua Theater Company’s New Play Workshops are

DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Brian Marable performs as Thurgood Marshall last Thursday during a dress rehearsal in the Performance Pavilion on Pratt for the

KRISTEN TRIPLETT - STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Chautauqua is a community that values enriching life through learning and opening audiences up to new ideas and experiences. One

DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Chautauqua Theater Company Guest Artist Brian Marable rehearses for the one-man show Thurgood Thursday in the Performance Pavilion on Pratt.

DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Chautauqua Theater Company Guest Artist Brian Marable performs during the final dress rehearsal for Thurgood Thursday in the Performance Pavilion