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Opening Night (Animals Out of Paper)

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Sometimes, when you work in theatre, the rare treat is to see a production without working on it. So often, when we’re in the midst of the process of rehearsing and producing a show, we lose the ability simply to...

Stumble-through (The Swan)

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  There are a number of points that you hit in every rehearsal process, and each of them reveals to the actors, the director, sometimes the designers, different aspects of the play, and of the work that still lies ahead....

“The Swan,” Second Uncommon Love Story of the Season

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The second installment in CTC’s Uncommon Love Stories season – The Swan by Elizabeth Egloff, will open on July 18th and play through July 29th. Egloff’s magical, mysterious and comic riff on the classic Leda and the swan myth is...

Free Origami Workshop – July 13, 6:30-7:30pm

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Chester Theatre Company and Cornerstone Cafe are co-sponsoring a free origami workshop, appropriate for all ages and open to Chester and neighboring communities, on Friday, July 13 from 6:30-7:30pm. The workshop will be led by Northampton-based arts and craft educator...

Always a New Beginning

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There’s always something magical about the first day of the summer at Chester. A little over a week ago, we were all gathered in the Chester Town Hall for the first rehearsal of Animals Out of Paper, by Rajiv Joseph....

“Animals Out of Paper” First Uncommon Love Story of the Season

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Chester Theatre Company will present Animals Out of Paper as the first installment in its 2012 Season — Uncommon Love Stories. This wise and richly layered comedy set in the fascinating world of origami folders, comes from Rajiv Joseph, author...

CTC Announces 23rd Season of “Uncommon Love Stories”

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CTC Announces 23rd Season of “Uncommon Love Stories” Chester Theatre Company will present its 23rd season, “UNCOMMON LOVE STORIES”, from July 5 to August 26, featuring variations on the theme of love by Rajiv Joseph, Elizabeth Egloff, Arlene Hutton and...

London Theatre Trip – Day Six

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As always, our London week has flown by and we found ourselves Saturday morning at our last talkback — for SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Oliver Goldsmith’s warm-hearted comedy represented a radical departure when it was first produced in 1733. The...

London Theatre Trip – Day Five

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The Friday morning talkback was very lively as befits the antic, vivid and inventive production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM we had seen the night before at the Lyric Hammersmith. Once again the creative energy came from a collective —...

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