Sat through Tue June 20 – 23 @ 7 pm, under the Chautauqua Tent Greenville Technical College, Faris Rd entrance Enjoy a summer evening under the Chautauqua tent - chairs provided.  Come early and picnic on the lawn and listen to great music.   Closing night performance Wed June 24 - indoors.

•    Sat June 20 @ 7pm Rosa Parks discusses America's "Crisis in Black and White". The Phillis Wheatley Repertory Theatre opens the show with music and dance. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” R. Parks.

•    Sun June 21 @ 7 pm Eleanor Roosevelt demonstrates us that “a woman is like a tea bag - you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water”. - E. Roosevelt.  The Greenville Concert Band opens the show.

•    Mon Jun 22 @ 7 pm Franklin D. Roosevelt encourages us with a message of hope that we will survive this Depression and win this war. Whitney Walters and Sentimental Journey open the show.  “When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”  FDR

•    Tue Jun 23 @ 7 pm Abraham Lincoln will be witty and urbane telling stories, laughing at himself and cajoling a nation through its most bitter crisis.  The Fine Arts Ramblers open the show. "I laugh because if I didn't I would weep." A. Lincoln

Lunchtime Performances Indoors

Greenville Chautauqua is funded in part by a grant from the Metropolitan Arts Council, which receives funding from the City of Greenville, BMW Manufacturing Company, LLC, Michelin North America, Inc. and the South Carolina Arts Commission with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC.

Greenville Chautauqua is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which received support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Chautauqua Festival Characters can also be seen at two near-by Chautauqua Festivals

Held at the historic Smith-McDowell House Museum, 283 Victoria Road Asheville NC 28801 (828) 253-923.  Shows start at 7:00 pm