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CTC Season Concludes with One-Woman Show ‘The Amish Project’

(CHESTER, Mass.) – The curtain comes down on the 25th anniversary season at Chester Theatre Company (CTC) with Jessica Dickey’s The Amish Project, running from Thursday, August 14, through Sunday, August 24, 2014, at the Chester Town Hall. CTC favorite Allison McLemore, star of last season’s smash hit production of Tryst, tackles all the roles…

Retelling of Homer’s ‘Iliad’ Closes Chester Theatre Season

(CHESTER, Mass.) – The curtain comes down on the 2013 season at Chester Theatre Company (CTC) with a production of An Iliad, a critically acclaimed one-man retelling of Homer’s epic poem, running from Thursday, August 15 through Sunday, August 25, 2013. Playwrights Lisa Peterson and Tony Award-winner Denis O’Hare were honored with a special citation…

British Psychological Thriller ‘Tryst’ at Chester Theatre Company

(CHESTER, Mass.) – Chester Theatre Company is staging the British psychological thriller Tryst by English playwright Karoline Leach through Sunday, July 21, 2013, at the Chester Town Hall. Tryst  is set in Edwardian London, where a handsome con-man — going by the name George Love — courts women, marries them, then takes their life savings…

‘The Betrothed’ Brings Down Curtain on Chester Theatre’s 2012 Season

(CHESTER, Mass.) – The final installment in Chester Theatre Company’s 2012 “Uncommon Love Stories” season will be The Betrothed by Dipika Guha,  receiving its regional premiere in only its second professional production. The Betrothed, which the Boston Globe welcomed as “a whimsical tour of the supernatural,” plays now through Sunday, August 26, 2012. “This magical…

Chester Theatre Company Gains a Home of Its Own

(CHESTER, Mass.) – After 22 years of renting various spaces for its administrative offices, Chester Theatre Company (CTC) has finally taken possession of a property to call its own. With the gift of its current headquarters at 4 Main Street by owners J. Andrew Myers and Martin Wohl, the theater company is no longer homeless,…