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DOBAMA THEATRE

2340 Lee Rd.
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

THE HOBBIT
THE HOBBIT
12/4 - 1/4/2026


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, ...

THE HEART SELLERS
THE HEART SELLERS
1/29 - 2/22/2026


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 COMEUPPANCE
THE COMEUPPANCE
3/12 - 4/5/2026


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
4/23 - 5/17/2026


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 ...



Photos: THE HOBBIT at Dobama Theatre


by Stephi Wild - December 05, 2025

The second production of Dobama Theatre’s 2025/26 mainstage season is the Cleveland Premiere of Greg Banks' imaginative stage adaptation of THE HOBBIT, based on the classic novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. Check out photos here!...

First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards; LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025

The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Cleveland Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Pittsburgh CLO Unveils Cast For The 33rd Annual A MUSICAL CHRISTMAS CAROL


by A.A. Cristi - November 21, 2025

Pittsburgh CLO has confirmed casting for the 33rd annual production of A MUSICAL CHRISTMAS CAROL, which will run December 13–23, 2025, at the Byham Theater....

Dobama Theatre to Present THE HOBBIT Adaptation For The Holiday Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 03, 2025

The second show of Dobama Theatre's 25/26 season is THE HOBBIT, adapted by Greg Banks from the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. The show will be directed by Erin E. Dolan....

SISTAS: THE MUSICAL Opens Karamu House 2025–2026 Mainstage Season


by A.A. Cristi - October 06, 2025

Karamu House will open its 2025–2026 Mainstage Theatre Season with SISTAS: THE MUSICAL, written by Dorothy Marcic, directed by Treva Offutt, with music direction by Dr. David M. Thomas and produced under the leadership of President + CEO Tony F. Sias....

Photos: WITCH Opens Dobama Theatre 2025/26 Season


by A.A. Cristi - October 02, 2025

Dobama Theatre will open its 2025/26 mainstage season with the Cleveland premiere of WITCH by Jen Silverman, directed by Carrie Williams. The production will run October 2–26, 2025, at Dobama, Cleveland’s Off-Broadway Theatre. Check out first look photos below....

Video: First Look at THE WITCH at Dobama, Cleveland’s Off-Broadway Theatre


by Michael Major - October 01, 2025

The first production of Dobama Theatre’s 2025/26 mainstage season is the Cleveland Premiere of WITCH by Jen Silverman, directed by Carrie Williams. Watch the video now!...

Previews: IM GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD; CHURCHILL AT WAR at The Musical Theater Project; Actors Summit


by Roy Berko - June 02, 2025

Gretchen Cryer (Book and Lyrics) and Nancy Ford (Composer), whose I’M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD which will soon be locally staged by The Musical Theater Project, are known for their “firsts.”  They were the first female writing team in the history of American musical theater ...

Photos: RUST: A STORY OF STEEL AND GRIT at Dobama Theatre


by Stephi Wild - April 23, 2025

The final production of Dobama Theatre’s 2024/25 mainstage season is the World Premiere of RUST: A Story of Steel and Grit by George Brant. Check out photos here!...

THE HOBBIT and More Set for Dobama Theatre 25/26 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 14, 2025

Dobama, Cleveland's Off-Broadway Theatre has revealed its 2025/26 Season; a line-up of five extraordinary new plays that are all Cleveland and Regional premieres. Learn more! ...

Past Shows

WITCH
WITCH
10/2 - 10/26/2025


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


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
3/7 - 3/30/2025


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
1/24 - 2/16/2025


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 makes its Cleveland premiere at Dobama Theatre, running from October 4 ...

SOMETHING CLEAN
SOMETHING CLEAN
3/8 - 3/30/2024


SOMETHING CLEAN by Selina Fillinger directed by Shannon Sindelar March 8 -30, 2024 REGIONAL PREMIERE The line between love and complicity isn’t clean. Charlotte is ...

AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN


AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN by Terry Guest directed by Preston Crowder January 26 - February 18, 2024 OHIO PREMIERE Wig: snatched. ...

LITTLE WOMEN
LITTLE WOMEN
12/1 - 12/31/2023


LITTLE WOMEN by Heather Chrisler directed by Melissa Crum December 1 - 31, 2023 OHIO PREMIERE The March sisters unwrap the classic tale this holiday ...

MAKE BELIEVE
MAKE BELIEVE
10/6 - 10/29/2023


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
4/21 - 5/14/2023


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
3/10 - 4/2/2023


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
1/27 - 2/19/2023


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
10/7 - 10/30/2022


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.
4/22 - 5/22/2022


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
3/4 - 3/27/2022


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
1/21 - 2/13/2022


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
10/29 - 11/21/2021


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
6/27 - 7/14/2019


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
4/26 - 5/26/2019


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
3/8 - 3/31/2019


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.


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
11/30 - 12/30/2018


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
10/19 - 11/11/2018


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
9/7 - 9/30/2018


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
6/20 - 7/8/2018


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
6/21 - 7/8/2018


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
4/20 - 5/20/2018


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


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


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)


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


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


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
3/2 - 3/25/2018


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
2/28 - 3/25/2018


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


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


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
1/17 - 2/11/2018


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
1/19 - 2/11/2018


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


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
10/13 - 11/12/2017


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


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)


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
5/12 - 6/4/2006

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