Panel Discussion–Theatre Re-openings

UPDATE: Video of this event is available here. Chester Theatre Company Announces Panel on the COVID-19 Theatre Think-Tank with Founder Matt Ross along with Penny Daulton and Beverly Jenkins August 6 Discussion Will Focus on Theatre Re-openings and the Future...

Don’t Miss Our Next Virtual Talkback–Macbeth

Don’t Miss Our Next Virtual Talkback Macbeth Starring Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood Thursday, July 30 at 2:00pm (eastern)  Following sold out runs on London’s West End, at BAM, and a limited engagement on Broadway, director Rupert Goold’s magnetic stage...

What makes a play a “Chester” play?

Recently, our Producing Artistic Director, Daniel Elihu Kramer, sat down (virtually, of course) with Jeffrey Borak of The Berkshire Eagle and with our friends from OLLI to discuss theatre in our region, theatre in Chester, and the state of the...

Our Next Virtual Talkback

Don’t Miss Our Next Virtual Talkback Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles Tuesday, July 7 at 2:00pm (eastern) Anna Deavere Smith, a professor, playwright, and MacArthur “genius” grant recipient,  has appeared in many television shows including Black-ish, Nurse Jackie, and The West Wing. She...

A New Virtual Event With Two Chicago Critics and Writers

We have another wonderful event lined up for you! On Tuesday, June 23 at 2pm (eastern), Steven Oxman, Chicago theatre critic for Variety, and Kris Vire, theatre writer for the Chicago Sun-Times and other publications, will join Daniel Elihu Kramer in discussion about one...

Our Third Virtual Talkback, Spike Lee’s “Pass Over”

Our third Virtual Talkback will take place on Monday, June 15 at 2pm (eastern). We’ll be discussing Pass Over, an adaptation of a play by Antoinette Nwandu, produced at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, where it was directed by Danya Taymor. The production was...

Welcome Our 2020 Summer Interns!

Though 2020 is a season unlike any other, we are still able to carry out one of our important mission goals, working with student interns. We are thrilled to have Clarissa Po and Madison VanDeurzen with us this summer. Even...

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter. George Floyd Breonna Taylor Ahmaud Arbery Tony McDade James Scurlock These are only a few of the names. Too many names. Too many lives taken. We stand together—with Black colleagues, artists, partners, friends, fellow citizens. We stand...

Missed our convo with Matt Wolf? Watch it now!

In case you missed our chat with New York Times London theatre critic Matt Wolf (or you were there and want to catch it again), you can watch it here on our YouTube channel. It was a great conversation, and...

More Programming Changes

As a result of the Covid-19 crisis, CTC has made the necessary decision to cancel the entirety of its 2020 summer season which had originally been slated to run between June and August. The company, which celebrated its 30th anniversary...

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