Daniel Elihu Kramer News

Producing Artistic Director Daniel Elihu Kramer has announced Chester Theatre Company's 2017 Summer Season, which will feature an American Premiere, two New England Premieres, and the return of actor Joel Ripka in a one-man performance. And, in a first for CTC, the second half of the season will be staged in the round.

The Mountaintop comes to the foothills of the Berkshires when Katori Hall's award-winning play opens at Chester Theatre Company on Thursday, August 18th at 8:00 p.m. A bold re-imagining of the last night in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., The Mountaintop runs through August 28 at the historic Chester Town Hall at 15 Middlefield Road in Chester, MA.

Chester Theatre Company (CTC) is pleased to announce that the Panel Discussion following the Sunday, August 7, matinee of its third show of the season, SISTER PLAY by John Kolvenbach, will feature Jan Freeman and Emily Wojcik, two of the three co-editors of the book 'Sisters: An Anthology,' published by Paris Press.

Chester Theatre Company announces two unique travel experiences for theatre lovers: The 2016 Theatre Tour to Chicago, October 18-23, 2016, and the 2017 Theatre Tour to London, March 11-19.

Sister Play, the third production in Chester Theatre Company's 2016 season, will have its regional premiere on Wednesday, August 3 at 8:00 p.m. in the Chester Town Hall at 15 Middlefield Road, Chester, MA.

Chester Theatre Company and WAM Theatre are pleased to announce they will be partnering for a free reading of Lauren Gunderson's smart, sly play The Revolutionists, directed by WAM Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven. The reading will take place Thursday, July 28 at 2 p.m. in the intimate setting of Chester's Historic Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Road in Chester, MA. There will be a talkback following the reading. 

Chester Theatre Company (CTC) and Israeli Stage are proud to partner in presenting the Regional Premiere of Oh God by Anat Gov at the historic Town Hall,15 Middlefield Road in Chester, MA, from July 14 through July 24, 2016.

Chester Theatre Company (CTC) and Israeli Stage are proud to partner in presenting the Regional Premiere of Oh God by Anat Gov at the historic Town Hall,15 Middlefield Road in Chester, MA, from July 14 through July 24, 2016.

Chester Theatre Company (CTC), a professional theatre now in its 27th year, is pleased to welcome Chester Common Table to 30 Main Street in Chester, MA, in time for the theatre's 2016 summer season.

Chester Theatre Company (CTC) has announced the casting for its 2016 season opener, the World Premiere of My Jane by Producing Artistic Director Daniel Elihu Kramer. My Jane, a contemporary exploration of Charlotte Bronte?'s sweeping novel Jane Eyre, opens June 29th and plays through July 10, 2016, at Chester's historic Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Road in Chester, MA. Camila Cano?-Flavia? will be making her professional debut in the title role of Jane.

With the 2016 season fast approaching, Chester Theatre Company (CTC) is thinking about the future. In an unusual fundraising campaign, the company is offering to write an original play for any donor of $100,000 or more, to be mounted in a future season at Chester's Historic Town Hall on 15 Middlefield Road in Chester, MA.

Chester Theatre Company is proud to announce its 2016 season, the 27th since the theater was founded in 1990 and the first under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Daniel Elihu Kramer. The four-play season will run from June 30th through August 28th at the Chester Town Hall,15 Middlefield Road, Chester, MA.

There are changes at the helm and on the schedule for Chester Theatre Company (CTC), which is gearing up for its 2016 season, the 27th in the theatre's history. Producing Artistic Director Daniel Elihu Kramer succeeds retiring Artistic Director Byam Stevens, a Friday matinee has been added, with an audience talkback with the cast to follow that matinee.

Chester Theatre Company will bring its 26th season to a close with the New England Premiere of BLINK by British playwright Phil Porter. Not only will this production be a regional premiere, but it features the play's first American cast - the Off Broadway production featured the original British cast. Performances will run from August 13th to 23rd.

Chester Theatre Company presents its 26th season from today, June 24th - August 23rd at the Chester Town Hall in Chester, MA. It will be the final season for Byam Stevens, who has been the theatre company's artistic director since 1998.

Chester Theatre Company will have a new Producing Artistic Director starting in September of 2015. After almost two decades, incumbent Artistic Director Byam Stevens will step down to pursue other projects. Daniel Elihu Kramer, who has served as CTC's Associate Artistic Director since 2012, will take on the artistic leadership for CTC's 2016 season, the company's 27th year of producing professional summer theatre in Western Massachusetts.

Chester Theatre Company will present its 26th season from June 24th - August 23rd at the Chester Town Hall in Chester, MA. It will be the final season for Byam Stevens, who has been the theatre company's artistic director since 1998.

Chester Theatre Company completes its 25th Anniversary Season with Jessica Dickey's THE AMISH PROJECT. The production, which runs through August 24th at the Chester Town Hall in Chester, MA, features CTC favorite Allison McLemore, star of last season's smash hit production of Tryst.

Chester Theatre Company will complete its 25th Anniversary Season with Jessica Dickey's THE AMISH PROJECT. The production, which runs from today, August 14th through August 24th at the Chester Town Hall in Chester, MA, will feature CTC favorite Allison McLemore, star of last season's smash hit production of Tryst.

Chester Theatre Company will complete its 25th Anniversary Season with Jessica Dickey's THE AMISH PROJECT. The production, which runs from August 14th through August 24th at the Chester Town Hall in Chester, MA, will feature CTC favorite Allison McLemore, star of last season's smash hit production of Tryst.