SATURDAY, MARCH 16 LONGING, William Boyd’s adaptation of two Chekhov short stories gave us an opportunity to talk in depth about Chekhov, the Fourth Wall and the art of adaptation. Set Designer Lizzie Clachan provided a fully built, three dimensional,...

FRIDAY, MARCH 15 THE JUDAS KISS, David Hare’s story of the downfall of Oscar Wilde is rich terrain for exploration at our TalkBack. As is our wont, we opened with an examination of the physical setting — to find clues...

THURSDAY, MARCH 14 Our TalkBack Thursday began with an exploration of the way the action of THE CAPTAIN OF KÖPENICK proceeded (on the Text/Subtext continuum) as compared to Pinter’s OLD TIMES. Written in 1931, Carl Zuckmayer’s play which he subtitled...

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 The TalkBack on Wednesday began with a demonstration by Byam Stevens and Robin Tilghman of basic acting exercises in which very simplistic dialogue is explored using different intentions and motivations. The dialogue for the first exercise consisted...

TUESDAY, MARCH 12 The world premiere production of Peter Morgan’s THE AUDIENCE, featuring Helen Mirren’s tour-de-force portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II, certainly provided rich subject matter for our first TalkBack. From the Queen’s Equerry in Waiting’s opening monologue, setting the...

MONDAY, MARCH 11 Ever since our first CTC London Tour nine years ago, we have opened the first full day in London with a talk by Matt Wolf, theatre critic for the INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, and regular contributor to THE...

SUNDAY, MARCH 10 The Berkshire residents among our 2013 London Tour patrons woke up Friday morning, March 8th to 10 inches of fresh snow. By Saturday afternoon as we boarded the bus at Elms College in Chicopee it was close...

Recently I was discussing with one of our board members Gail Perlman the importance of theatre and, specifically, Chester Theatre Company  to her life. I found her response so eloquent that I asked her if she would be willing to...

This winter, in response to requests over the years from our dedicated CTC community, we are launching a New York City Theatre Tour program! The New York City Theatre Tour is an affordable, less time intensive complement to our London...

Dave Pierce is both one of the first and one of the friendliest residents of Chester I met when I started working at CTC this past April. A cultural preservationist, Dave is president of both the Chester Foundation, which operates...