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Chautauqua Theater Company presents it’s not a trip, it’s a journey for the first New Play Workshop reading of the season.

by Maggie Angevine on July 15, 2020

Sometimes, a road trip is more than just a road trip. Simpson Charly Evon Simpson returns to Chautauqua this season to workshop her play, it’s not a trip, it’s a journey, a story about friendship,

‘Exhale’ Director Patrick Walsh Hopes to Spur Conversation on Gun Violence

by Duard Headley on August 15, 2019

Walsh At the top of the script for On the Exhale, playwright Martín Zimmerman includes a note for the show’s

1 Brown Bag, 2 Shows: CTC Hosts Discussion on New Play Workshops

by Duard Headley on August 7, 2019

The cast and creative team of the New Play Workshop Production How The Light Gets In discuss the show during

Comedy and Combat Join Forces in CTC’s ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’

by Duard Headley on August 7, 2019

Chautauqua Theater Company Conservatory Actor Kieran Barry, right, as Alan Dangle, holds knife to guest artist Daniel Pearce, as Charlie,

Sounds of the ’60s: With Skiffle Band, CTC’s ‘One Man’ Takes Audiences on Upbeat and Musical Adventure

by Duard Headley on August 6, 2019

From left, Sofia Bunting, Tommy Crawford, Drew Brunson, and Alexander De Vasconcelos Matos perform Chautauqua Theater Company's "One Man, Two

Brown Bag to Foster Conversation Ahead of CTC’s ‘How the Light Gets In’ New Play Workshop

by Duard Headley on July 17, 2019

From left, "How the Light Gets In" Director Emilie Beck and Playwright E. M. Lewis talk about their excitement to be working with the production team and actors, as well as how the plot and

Chautauqua Theater Company’s Sarah Elizabeth Wansley eyes authenticity for ‘The Amish Project’ with local dressmaker, design fellows

by Kevin C. Vestal on August 19, 2018

In a week dedicated to documentary film, Chautauqua Theater Company extended its summer season, allowing theatergoers to see one more

Chautauqua Theater Company’s ‘The Amish Project’ to depict communal forgiveness after act of gun violence

by Kevin C. Vestal on August 17, 2018

Following Wednesday’s lecture on the May 4, 1970, shooting at Kent State University, Chautauqua Theater Company is presenting another story

Playwright George Brant’s ‘Into the Breeches!’ makes for gender-bent Shakespeare

by Kevin C. Vestal on August 16, 2018

The conception of playwright George Brant’s latest comedy began with a personal boycott. In 2014, the Belasco Theater in New

‘Into the Breaches!’ costume designer Angela Calin garbs Chautauqua Theater Company actors in theatrical layers

by Kevin C. Vestal on August 15, 2018

For Into the Breeches!, designer Angela Calin’s costumes have many layers — and not just in the physical sense of

‘Into the Breeches!’ is ‘most fun I’ve had in a theater in a long time’

by Jack Kirchhoff on August 12, 2018

Review by Jack Kirchhoff The play within a play is a grand old convention in theater, from Hamlet through Noises Off, and George Brant’s delightful backstage comedy Into the Breeches!, which opened Saturday, Aug. 11,

CTC’s ‘Into the Breeches!’ mingles comedy and history with love letter to women in theater

by Kevin C. Vestal on August 10, 2018

Guest artist Nisi Sturgis was 11 years old when she performed her first Shakespeare play, a summer production of A Midsummer

‘Jump’ playwright Charly Evon Simpson came to CTC New Play Workshop to find communion with audiences

by Kevin C. Vestal on August 2, 2018

For months, playwright Charly Evon Simpson kept a tab open on her computer to “Jumpers,” an article in The New

‘Untitled Russia Play’ director Nicholas Avila believes workshops can be more entertaining than a fully fledged production

by Kevin C. Vestal on July 31, 2018

Director Nicholas C. Avila loves meeting plays “on the ground floor.” Although Untitled Russia Play is still in development, Avila

‘Airness’ costume designer Eggers crafts heightened on-stage personas

by Kevin C. Vestal on July 20, 2018

Every year, air guitarists from around the world gather in Oulu, Finland, to compete to be the best at playing

“Airness” director Joshua Kahan Brody creates fun-filled rehearsal environment for actors and audiences alike

by Kevin C. Vestal on July 19, 2018

Joshua Kahan Brody believes fun is contagious. Brody said his role in the Airness rehearsal room as the play’s director was to set a joyful tone as the “morale captain,” making sure the actors were

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