Chester Theatre Company

[1] CTC was founded in 1990 by Vincent Dowling[2] and H. Newman Marsh as the "Miniature Theatre of Chester."

CTC brings audience members on theatre tours to London,[5] and to North American locations, including Chicago, Washington, DC, and Toronto and Stratford, Ontario,.

[6] Starting in 2005, CTC paired with Gateway Regional Middle School in Huntington, Massachusetts, to help young people write a produce their own work.

CTC produces a series of ten-minute plays written by the students, complete with professional designers, directors, and actors.

Westfield State College provided actors and designers, while directors from CTC acted as mentors to the young writers.