The Châteauville Foundation was established at Castleton Farms in Rappahannock County, VA in 1997 by Lorin and Dietlinde Maazel. The Foundation’s mission is to nurture young artists, foster collaborative artistic enterprise and create opportunities within the community for shared cultural experience. The private, state-of-the-art Theatre House is the focal point of the Foundation’s activities, and home to its most far-reaching programs, The Castleton Residency and a new Festival, which will be inaugurated, along with a second intimate but highly flexible performance space, in July 2009.