2018 SCHEDULE
Chautauqua Series
"Spend an
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Living History Performances
All productions are presented on Thursdays. Always on the last Thursday with additional weeks depending on schedule
7:00 p.m.
The Grand Hotel
12 Public Square
Lower Level
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
This will be our home while renovations are being made to
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February 22 - Mary Jemison (aka Julia Geiger) captured in her teens in 1743 and adopted by the Seneca Indians
Opening - Christina of the Colonies :Chris Petee sings colonial folk songs
Opening - Christina of the Colonies :Chris Petee sings colonial folk songs
March 15 - Carl Sagan (aka Leeman Kessler) American astronomer and lecturer.
Opening -Mike Petee and Bill Carpenter
Opening -Mike Petee and Bill Carpenter
March 29 - Helen Keller - aka Amy Clawson - Deaf-Blind author and activist
Opener - Kat's Eye Moon
Opener - Kat's Eye Moon
April 12 - The Widow Mary Lincoln - aka Barbara Brugler
Opening - Bill Miller
Opening - Bill Miller
April 26 - The Amazing Nelly Bly - (aka Susan Kahrl) reporter who traveled the world in 72 days.
Opening - Desmond Wall
Opening - Desmond Wall
Date and Schedule Changes for May
May 17-Oskar Schindler -(aka Ken Hammontree) Schindler secretly saved thousands of Jews by putting them to work in his factories
Opening - Vernon Town
Opening - Vernon Town
May 31 st - Tom Petty Unplugged -aka Mike Petee and friends
Opening - NO OPENING ACT. PETTY WILL START AT 7:00
Opening - NO OPENING ACT. PETTY WILL START AT 7:00
June 14th - Michael Landon (aka Jim Stoner)
Opening - Zac and Katie Sherman
Opening - Zac and Katie Sherman
June 28th - Elizabeth Van Lew (aka Chris Petee) she was from Richmond Virginia but she supported the North as a very successful spy and abolitionist.
Opening - Steve Ball
Opening - Steve Ball
July 12- Mary Tyler Moore (aka Amy Stoner)
Opening - Chris Petee - The Music of Linda Ronstadt
Opening - Chris Petee - The Music of Linda Ronstadt
July 26- W.C. Fields (aka Greg Patterson)
Opening - Mount Vernon Players Radio Show
Opening - Mount Vernon Players Radio Show
Aug 9th Dan Emmett Festival - Middle School performing Chautauqua characters
August 16th - Robin Williams (aka Jim Stoner)
Opening- Jeff Putnam
Opening- Jeff Putnam
Aug 30th - Jacob Coxey (aka Perry Brokaw) built the Coxey Steel and Silica Sand Co. on the Arial Foundation Park land before PPG
Opening - Noah Shull
Opening - Noah Shull
September 13th - Beatrix Potter (aka Raylene Hlavaty)
Opening - Sarah Goslee Reed
Opening - Sarah Goslee Reed
September 27th - Annette Funicello (aka Mary Spence)
Opening - Desmond Wall
Opening - Desmond Wall
October 11th - Freedom Riders with Dr. Annette Jefferson
Opening - Music of Peter Paul and Mary - Jeff Putnam, Mike and Chris Petee
Opening - Music of Peter Paul and Mary - Jeff Putnam, Mike and Chris Petee
October 25th - Lady of Pompeii (aka Tammy Souhrada)
Opening - TBA
Opening - TBA
November 8th - Abraham Lincoln (Thanksgiving Tribute) (aka Robert Brugler
Opening - FolkTails
Opening - FolkTails
November 29th - Rick Nelson (aka Desmond Wall)
Opening - Lowell Borcher
Opening - Lowell Borcher
December 4th - Food For the Hungry Concert
December - we'll be taking the month off. Come see the concert and enjoy the holidays. See you the last week of January 2019.