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DOBAMA THEATRE

2340 Lee Rd.
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

Upcoming Shows

THE COMEUPPANCE
THE COMEUPPANCE
Mar 12 – Apr 5, 2026

A reunion of friends is haunted by an unwelcome guest… When four former classmates gather on a front porch to pre-game before their twentieth high...

SANCTUARY CITY
SANCTUARY CITY
Apr 23 – May 17, 2026

What would you risk for someone you love? 2001. Newark, NJ. Two teenagers, brought to America as children, now face an uneasy question: what are...



Review: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY - GRAHAM 100 at Playhouse Square's KeyBank State Theatre


by Steve Sucato - February 04, 2026

What did our critic think of MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY - GRAHAM 100 at KeyBank State Theatre At Playhouse Square?...

Review: STEREOPHONIC at Connor Palace (Key Bank Broadway Series)


by Roy Berko - January 08, 2026

STEREOPHONIC, which is now on stage at the Connor Palace, is a 4-act, 3-hour production, was written by American playwright David Adjmi, with music composed by Will Butler.   ...

Review: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL at Beck Center For The Arts


by Roy Berko - December 09, 2025

When I reviewed it on Broadway, several year ago, my capsule judgment stated: SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS THE BROADWAY MUSICAL is a wonder of neon psychedelic delight starring a character-perfect lead surrounded by a fun-centered cast which should delight adults and children of all ages!”  ...

Review: SPAMALOT at Connor Palace


by Roy Berko - December 05, 2025

SPAMALOT, also known at MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT: A MUSICAL (LOVINGLY) RIPPED OFF FROM THE MOTION PICTURE MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, is settled in at the Connor Palace for a short run (December 1-6). ...

Past Shows

THE HEART SELLERS
THE HEART SELLERS
Jan 29 – Feb 22, 2026

A heartfelt comedy about finding friendship in the land of opportunity. Thanksgiving, 1973. When Jane and Luna run into each other at the grocery store,...

THE HOBBIT
THE HOBBIT
Dec 4 – Jan 4, 2026

From the smallest beginnings come the greatest legends. Bilbo Baggins would much rather be sitting in his cozy Hobbit Hole with a cup of tea,...

WITCH
WITCH
Oct 2 – Oct 26, 2025

Beware who you make an outcast… Mischief is afoot in the eerily quiet village of Edmonton, and the fate of the world is at stake....

RUST: A Story of Steel and Grit
RUST: A Story of Steel and Grit
Apr 25 – May 18, 2025

WORLD PREMIERE! This is the true story of one woman’s experience in the steel industry, her struggle to find peace, and the courage she summoned...

THE WOLVES
THE WOLVES
Mar 7 – Mar 30, 2025

Pulitzer Prize Nominee! A girls indoor soccer team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of...

THE HOT WING KING
THE HOT WING KING
Jan 24 – Feb 16, 2025

The sauce ain't the only thing spicy in this kitchen...

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Oct 4 – Nov 3, 2024

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive makes its Cleveland premiere at Dobama Theatre, running from October 4...

SOMETHING CLEAN
SOMETHING CLEAN
Mar 8 – Mar 30, 2024

SOMETHING CLEANby Selina Fillingerdirected by Shannon SindelarMarch 8 -30, 2024REGIONAL PREMIEREThe line between love and complicity isn’t clean. Charlotte is a devoted mother, wife, and...

AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN
AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN
Jan 26 – Feb 18, 2024

AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEENby Terry Guestdirected by Preston CrowderJanuary 26 - February 18, 2024OHIO PREMIEREWig: snatched. Waist: snatched. Life: snatched. Drag...

LITTLE WOMEN
LITTLE WOMEN
Dec 1 – Dec 31, 2023

LITTLE WOMENby Heather Chrislerdirected by Melissa CrumDecember 1 - 31, 2023OHIO PREMIEREThe March sisters unwrap the classic tale this holiday season. Taking on the familiar...

MAKE BELIEVE
MAKE BELIEVE
Oct 6 – Oct 29, 2023

The ghosts of childhood never disappear. In the attic of one family’s home, four young siblings recreate their everyday lives in a game of make-believe....

WHAT WE LOOK LIKE
WHAT WE LOOK LIKE
Apr 21 – May 14, 2023

Both hilarious and poignant, WHAT WE LOOK LIKE is the story of the Hodges - a black family that has recently moved to a suburban...

THE OTHER PLACE
THE OTHER PLACE
Mar 10 – Apr 2, 2023

THE OTHER PLACE focuses on Juliana, a successful neurologist on the verge of a potential breakthrough whose life takes a disorienting turn. During a lecture...

STEW
STEW
Jan 27 – Feb 19, 2023

Mama is up early to prepare a big meal for an important church function and, even with her family on hand to help, time is...

The Thin Place
The Thin Place
Oct 7 – Oct 30, 2022

THE THIN PLACE is the story of two women, Hilda and Linda. Linda communicates, professionally, with the dead, who are still here, just in a...

LIFE SUCKS.
LIFE SUCKS.
Apr 22 – May 22, 2022

After taking aim at The Seagull in Dobamas hit production of Stupid F**king Bird, playwright Aaron Posner returns with an irreverent contemporary remix of Uncle...

KILL MOVE PARADISE
KILL MOVE PARADISE
Mar 4 – Mar 27, 2022

A biting, hilarious, hopeful requiem for Black lives. James Ijames award-winning play Kill Move Paradise tells the story of Isa, Daz, Grif and Tiny, four...

HURRICANE DIANE
HURRICANE DIANE
Jan 21 – Feb 13, 2022

Get your Greek on - desperate housewives style. Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. Shes got supernatural abilities owing to her true...

AIRNESS
AIRNESS
Oct 29 – Nov 21, 2021

A play about Air Guitar that will shake you all night long. When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be...

33 1/3: A New Musical
33 1/3: A New Musical
Jun 27 – Jul 14, 2019

Book, Music and Lyrics by Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli directed by Matthew Wright music directed by Matthew Dolan choreography by Holly Handman-Lopez Starring: Jim...

This
This
Apr 26 – May 26, 2019

Jane is a promising poet without a muse and a single mother without lessons to pass along. With her dating life in shambles, she goes...

The Nether
The Nether
Mar 8 – Mar 31, 2019

The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity and indulge your every desire. But when a...

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.
Jan 25 – Feb 17, 2019

A wildly experimental and inventive grouping of vignettes that asks how to revolutionize language, relationships, work, and life in general while bursting at the seams...

Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted
Nov 30 – Dec 30, 2018

Ella is given the “gift” of obedience as an infant by a misguided fairy and cannot disobey any order. The strong-willed Ella goes on a...

John
John
Oct 19 – Nov 11, 2018

One cold November night, Elias and Jenny, a young couple struggling to stay together, stop at a bed & breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. During their...

Sunset Baby
Sunset Baby
Sep 7 – Sep 30, 2018

Nina, a tough, independent woman in Brooklyn, is visited by her estranged father, a former revolutionary in the Black Liberation Movement who seeks to mend...

On The Grill
On The Grill
Jun 20 – Jul 8, 2018

Dobama Theatre presents the American Premiere of ON THE GRILL by Dror Keren, directed by Leighann Delorenzo Winner of the 2015 Israeli Academy Award for...

On The Grill
On The Grill
Jun 21 – Jul 8, 2018

Everything is ready for the Israeli Independence Day party at the home of Rochale and her husband Zvika. The lawn has seen better days and...

Appropriate
Appropriate
Apr 20 – May 20, 2018

Dobama Theatre presents the regional premiere of APPROPRIATE by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Nathan Motta Winner of the 2014-15 Obie Award for Best Play When...

264 Hours: a Playwrights' GYM Reading
264 Hours: a Playwrights' GYM Reading
May 14

Dobama Theatre presents a free reading of a new play by Playwrights' GYM member Catie O'Keefe: 264 HOURS What happens when a group of insomniacs...

A Reading by Dr. Mary E. Weems
A Reading by Dr. Mary E. Weems
May 7

Dobama Theatre presents a reading by Playwrights' GYM member Dr. Mary E. Weems: Monday, May 7, 2018 at 7:00PM Admission is free, with general seating....

Socks: A Play About Sex Trafficking (Playwrights' GYM Reading)
Socks: A Play About Sex Trafficking (Playwrights' GYM Reading)
May 7

Dobama Theatre presents a reading by Playwrights' GYM member Dr. Mary E. Weems: SOCKS: A PLAY ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING Monday, May 7th, 2018 at 7:00PM...

A Reading by Cornell Hubert Calhoun III
A Reading by Cornell Hubert Calhoun III
Apr 30

Dobama Theatre presents a reading by Playwrights' GYM member Cornell Calhoun III. Monday, April 30, 2018 at 7:00PM Admission is free, with general seating. Join...

Playwrights' GYM Reading: Cornell Hubert Calhoun III and Dr. Mary E. Weems
Playwrights' GYM Reading: Cornell Hubert Calhoun III and Dr. Mary E. Weems
Apr 30

Dobama Theatre presents a free reading of two plays by Playwrights' GYM members A Reading by Cornell Hubert Calhoun III followed by a reading by...

The Effect
The Effect
Mar 2 – Mar 25, 2018

Connie and Tristan are volunteers in a clinical drug trial, but when they begin a sudden and illicit romance, they must ask themselves: is theirs...

The Effect
The Effect
Feb 28 – Mar 25, 2018

Dobama Theatre presents the Midwest premiere of THE EFFECT by Lucy Prebble, directed by Laley Lippard Winner of the 2012 UK Critics' Circle Award for...

Canon Fodder: a Playwrights' GYM Reading
Canon Fodder: a Playwrights' GYM Reading
Mar 19

Dobama Theatre presents a reading by Playwrights' GYM member Stuart Hoffman: CANON FODDER Monday, March 19, 2018 at 7:00PM Admission is free, with general seating....

Rastus and Hattie
Rastus and Hattie
Mar 12

Dobama Theatre presents a reading by Playwrights' GYM member Lisa Langford: RASTUS AND HATTIE Monday, March 12, 2018 at 7:00PM Admission is free, with general...

Grounded
Grounded
Jan 17 – Feb 11, 2018

An ace fighter pilot’s career in the sky is ended early due to an unexpected pregnancy. Reassigned to operate military drones from a windowless trailer...

Grounded
Grounded
Jan 19 – Feb 11, 2018

An ace fighter pilot’s career in the sky is ended early due to an unexpected pregnancy. Reassigned to operate military drones from a windowless trailer...

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS
SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS
Dec 1 – Dec 30, 2017

It’s December on the streets of London, Sherlock Holmes is missing, and a young girl’s grandfather has been abducted. Who will save the day? The...

Marjorie Prime
Marjorie Prime
Oct 13 – Nov 12, 2017

In the not-too-distant future it’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie has a handsome new companion programmed to recount the distant, fading memories...

Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars
Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars
Dec 1 – Oct 30, 2017

Dobama Theatre presents the regional premiere of Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars, adapted by Eric Coble from the graphic novels by Tony Lee and...

brownsville song (b-side for tray)
brownsville song (b-side for tray)
Sep 1 – Sep 24, 2017

In the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, a life with infinite potential is tragically cut short. That is where the story both begins and ends. As...

Night Bloomers
May 12 – Jun 4, 2006

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