What is Chautauqua? - It's History Alive!

If you like to be held spellbound, entertained, and enlightened - you're going to love Chautauqua.

Historic figures you have only read about in books appear on stage, and you question them - no holds barred!  Laugh with Mark Twain. Get arrested with Rosa Parks. Walk the Trail of Tears. Debate the Constitution with its makers. 

Nationally acclaimed historical interpreters make sure you, the audience, are always a part of the show. And to top it off the shows are FREE!

At this season's "Rising to the Occasion" you'll get to meet Marie Curie, Harry Truman, Clara Barton, Robert Smalls and Patrick Henry.    More . . .

Coming Events

Sun Jan 12 Art & Chautauqua

In an illustrated discussion by Bill Arthur, Visual Art is used to challenge the audience to re-live four decisive moments in history when a courageous individual "Rose to the Occasion."    More . . .

Fri Jan 31 – Feb 2 Winter Chautauqua - Marie Curie

Nationally claimed historical interpreter Susan Frontczak performs as the obsessive genius Marie Curie, whose painstaking research in radioactivity ushered in the age of atomic physics and opened the doors of science to women worldwide.    More . . .

Reserve these dates - June 13 - 22, 2014 - for the Chautauqua Festival.  30 free shows performed by nationally acclaimed historical interpreters.  It's non-stop live history and fun for the whole family.  A great way to show out-of-town guests something they can't find anywhere else.   More . . .     Tour packages . . .      2013 Festival Download pdf