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American Theatre, February, 2005

Vivienne Benesch and Ethan McSweeny are the new co-artistic directors at New York's Chautauqua Theater Company, the resident theatre and conservatory of the Chautauqua Institution. The two leaders, who are replacing outgoing artistic director Rebecca Guy, are both veterans of Chautauqua, Benesch as a conservatory student, teacher, actor and director, and McSweeny as a director. McSweeny received his training as a director at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., under Michael Kahn, who founded Chautauqua Conservatory in 1984. McSweeny has directed around the country, including the recent premiere of Noah Haidle's Mr. Marmalade at South Coast Repertory [see page 37].

David McClendon is the new artistic director of Colorado's Aspen Theatre in the...

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