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CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

1195 Elm St.
Cincinnati, OH 45202

Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost
11/12 - 12/6/2025


Get ready for a retro twist on a Shakespeare comedic gem! Transported to a totally tubular 80s-inspired high school setting, this production blends all the ...

Every Christmas Story Ever Told
Every Christmas Story Ever Told
12/10 - 12/28/2025


CSC's holiday smash hit  Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)  is back again for another season of holiday hilarity! What begins as another ...

A Soldier's Play
A Soldier's Play
1/30 - 2/15/2026


Set on a segregated Army base in 1944,  A Soldier’s Play  opens with the shocking murder of a polarizing sergeant, prompting a determined officer to ...

Othello
Othello
3/6 - 3/29/2026


Jealousy, betrayal, and passion collide in this classic Elizabethan staging of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy. When the esteemed General Othello succumbs to the cunning Iago’s deceptions, ...

Pericles
Pericles
4/17 - 5/3/2026


Blast off on an interstellar adventure in this bold reimagining of William Shakespeare’s  Pericles ! In this tale, Prince Pericles embarks on an epic voyage ...

Emma
Emma
5/22 - 6/14/2026


Step into the charming world of Jane Austen with Kate Hamill’s witty and unexpected adaptation of  Emma . Follow the headstrong matchmaker—convinced she can’t possibly ...



Photos: DOGBERRY AND VERGES ARE SCARED Premieres At Philadelphia Fringe Festival


by A.A. Cristi - September 08, 2025

Slippery Trout Productions and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company have joined forces to bring a new take on Shakespeare to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Dogberry and Verges are Scared,written by Michael Doherty and Will Mobley, follows the two clowns from Much Ado About Nothing on an antic journey t...

DOGBERRY AND VERGES ARE SCARED to be Presented at Philadelphia Fringe Festival


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 22, 2025

Slippery Trout Productions and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company have joined forces to bring Dogberry and Verges are Scared to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Learn more! ...

THE COLOR PURPLE Launches The Carnegie's 2025-26 Season


by A.A. Cristi - June 16, 2025

The Carnegie kicks off its 2025-26 musical theatre season with THE COLOR PURPLE, running June 27 – July 6. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and adapted for the stage by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Marsha Norman, with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis,...

Ensemble Theatre Presents THE SOUND INSIDE Beginning In April


by A.A. Cristi - March 19, 2025

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati will present the haunting psychological thriller The Sound Inside that will leave you wondering who you can trust. This drama by Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter) is playing April 5–27, 2025....

Review: A ROOM IN THE CASTLE at Folger Theatre


by Pamela Roberts - March 13, 2025

A Room in the Castle, by Lauren M. Gunderson, premiering at the Folger Theatre, is a fresh look at a story we thought we knew – and demands that we reconsider the tale from other viewpoints. The well-paced story is engaging and infused with humor....

MACBETH Begins At Cincinnati Shakespeare Company This Weekend


by A.A. Cristi - February 27, 2025

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company will present Shakespeare's Macbeth, a chilling and electrifying adaptation that blurs the boundaries between free will and control, playing February 28 - March 23, 2025....

Folger Theatre Presents the World Premiere of Lauren M. Gunderson's A ROOM IN THE CASTLE


by A.A. Cristi - January 28, 2025

Folger Theatre and the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company have announced the world-premiere production of A Room in the Castle, a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet from the perspectives of the women within the troubled castle walls....

I NEED THAT Comes to Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati


by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2025

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati will kick off the new year with the regional premiere comedy I Need That, by award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck. Learn more here!...

Winners Announced For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Awards


by BWW Awards - January 13, 2025

Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Cincinnati Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024....

MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN Announced At Merrimack Repertory Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - October 22, 2024

The Merrimack Repertory Theatre will bring Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by David Catlin to life....

Past Shows

Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost
11/12 - 12/6/2025


Get ready for a retro twist on a Shakespeare comedic gem! Transported to a totally tubular 80s-inspired high school setting, this production blends all the ...

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
10/1 - 11/1/2025


Sink your teeth into a hilarious new take on the world’s most famous vampire! Filled with outrageous twists, playful innuendo, and more laughs than you ...

An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People
9/3 - 9/20/2025


An Enemy of the People is a riveting exploration of what happens when one person’s truth becomes a community’s greatest threat.

FREE Shakespeare in the Park


This summer, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company returns to a park near you with FREE Shakespeare in the Park! The popular Shakespearean plays "A Midsummer Night's Dream," ...


The legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson are on the job to investigate the mysterious case of the “hound of hell” that ...

Measure for Measure
5/3 - 5/26/2013


Isabella must choose between her vows to the church and the life of her brother when she is offered a truly indecent proposal- from the ...

Measure for Measure
5/1 - 5/26/2013


“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” Shakespeare’s black comedy tingles with intrigue in this story of love, lust, and politics. A full ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
3/22 - 4/21/2013


On an enchanted summer's evening three stories are woven together into one tale of hilarity and folly. Four young lovers find themselves entangled in a ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
3/20 - 4/21/2013


Cincinnati Shakespeare Company: - William Shakespeare; dir: Jeremy Dubin....

Les liaisons dangereuses
2/15 - 3/10/2013


In pre-Revolutionary France, two long time friends and occasional passionate lovers amuse themselves by orchestrating a plot of seduction for two young women of virtue. ...

Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2/13 - 3/10/2013


Cincinnati Shakespeare Company: - Christopher Hampton; dir: Drew Fracher....

Richard II
1/11 - 2/3/2013


Richard II is an epic tale of fading power that sheds a light on the deterioration of a kingdom and the isolation of power. King ...

Richard II
1/9 - 2/3/2013


Richard II is an epic tale of fading power that sheds a light on the deterioration of a kingdom and the isolation of power. King ...

The Grapes of Wrath
3/30 - 4/29/2012


Presented by Anchorage Opera. Narrated Concert Version Please note that this performance is one night only! Described as “one of the best operatic achievements of ...

Videos


Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Musical in Cincinnati Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Musical
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (2/20 - 3/8)
A Soldier's Play in Cincinnati A Soldier's Play
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (1/30 - 2/15)
Where We Stand in Cincinnati Where We Stand
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (1/31 - 2/22)
PHOTOS
Fourteen Funerals in Cincinnati Fourteen Funerals
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (3/21 - 4/12)
PHOTOS
The Raisins at The Woodward Theater in Cincinnati The Raisins at The Woodward Theater
Woodward Theater (12/6 - 12/6)
Lalovavi in Cincinnati Lalovavi
Cincinnati Music Hall (7/9 - 7/11)
C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters (Cincinnati, OH) in Cincinnati C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters (Cincinnati, OH)
Aronoff Center for the Arts (3/21 - 3/21)
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