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A chilling new adaptation by Ryan Shealy transforms Bram Stoker’s classic into an immersive theatrical experience filled with gothic suspense and psychological horror.
Cleveland — Plays
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Poor Clare by Chiara Atik
Poor Clare by Chiara Atik Directed by Carrie Williams Winner! 2022 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award It’s 1211 in Assisi, Italy, and Clare’s got beauty, wealth, and a rich suitor who showers her with expensive presents. So why is she...
The Winter's Tale
By William Shakespeare In a modern verse translation by Tracy Young Adapted and directed by Tracy Young In partnership with Play On Shakespeare The unfounded suspicions of the jealous King Leontes destroy his family, as he imprisons Queen Hermione and casts away their newborn...
POCATELLO
Pocatello is written by acclaimed writer, Samuel D. Hunter (THE WHALE). Welcome to the best Italian restaurant in Pocatello, Idaho—where the coffee is hot, the customers have their quirks…and personal drama is on the menu. In this heartfelt comedy, a struggling restaurant...
DAPHNE'S DIVE
A moving comedy about creating community and finding family. From the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright of In the Heights comes a touching comedy set in a local bar where everyone knows your name - and your business. The regulars at Daphne’s Dive are a band of outsiders; among...
The Ferryman
Written by Jez Butterworth and directed by Ian Wolfgang Hinz and Rebecca Moseley, this Cleveland Premiere is set in Northern Ireland in 1981. Former IRA man Quinn Carney has built a new life on a remote farmhouse in County Armagh, but when a long-buried body surfaces from a bog...
Dr. Experimentor and the League of Evil
Written by Charlotte Nixon Directed by Russel Stich Senney Theater Produced with special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service. Student Matinee: Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday...
A Puertas Abiertas
Patricia Suárez's Open Doors transports us to an unexpected hell: not of fire and brimstone, but of routines, guilt, and unresolved issues. In a peculiar reading room, Orietta, a strict school principal, and Ulrike, an actress who insists on being recognized as such, coexist...
A Puertas Abiertas (Open doors)
Patricia Suárez’s *Open Doors* immerses us in a surreal hell that replaces traditional flames and brimstone with a more insidious punishment: the weight of routine, guilt, and unresolved issues. Set in a bizarre reading room, the story revolves around two women serving out their...
CLUE
CLUE is a murder mystery comedy inspired by the Hasbro board game and adapted from the fan-favorite 1985 film. Six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night filled with murder and blackmail, leaving audiences guessing until the final twist. The cast includes Sarah...
Late, Late At Night (The Rick Springfield Story)
LATE, LATE AT NIGHT (The Rick Springfield Story) A POP-ROCK ADAPTATION OF RICK SPRINGFIELD’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY Late, Late At Night is an electrifying tale of survival and redemption not to be missed. (Nick Pilgrim, Theatre People, 5 stars) Late, Late At Night (The Rick Springfield...
A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens Adapted and Originally Directed by Gerald Freedman Experience the magic, wonder and joy of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol ! Join Mother Cleaveland as she reads this classic to her family and ignites her youngest child’s vivid imagination, bringing the...
Mouse in the House
Written by Todd Wallinger Directed by Kierstan Conway Studio Theater Fridays, December 11 & 18, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, December 12 & 19, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. Sundays, December 13 & 20, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. Student Matinee Thursday, December 17, 2026, 10:00 a.m. Produced with...
A SHERLOCK CAROL
A holiday adventure full of comedy, carols, and capers. This wildly inventive holiday mashup of Dickens and Doyle blends mystery, music, humor, and heart in a witty and wondrous theatrical event. When a grown-up Tiny Tim calls on Sherlock Holmes to investigate the mysterious...
The Comedy of Errors
By William Shakespeare In a modern verse translation by Christina Anderson In partnership with Play On Shakespeare Mistaken identity leads to escalating chaos and nonstop laughs in Shakespeare’s fastest, funniest farce. Separated as children, two sets of identical twins...
WALDEN
Twin sisters confront family and the fate of the world. In the near future, Stella has created a new life with her fiancé Bryan in a remote cabin in the woods. When her sister Cassie comes to visit after a year-long Moon mission, the reunited siblings must find a way to heal old...
MARY JANE
A mother’s love knows no bounds. Captivating, affecting and compassionate, this is the story of a single mother in an impossible situation. Faced with seemingly insurmountable odds, Mary Jane relies on unflagging optimism, a sense of humor, and the wisdom of the women around her...
The Belle of Amherst
The Belle of Amherst, written by William Luce and directed by Bill Roudebush, is a one-woman play starring Anne McEvoy as Emily Dickinson. Set in Dickinson's Amherst, Massachusetts home, the play brings the nineteenth-century poet to life through her famous works, diaries, and...
The Belle of Amherst
Premiering on Broadway in 1976, this one-woman play stars the tour de force local talent, Anne McEvoy. Set in her Amherst, Massachusetts home, this solitary nineteenth century poet shares her life’s events through her famous works, her diaries, letters to loved ones, and some...
The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar WIlde A brilliant comedy of manners celebrated for its impeccable wit and exceptional one-liners. When two charming bachelors invent double lives to escape social obligations, their harmless lies spiral into a web of mistaken identities, romantic complications and one...
NETTA & RU
An American Gothic about sisters, secrets, murder, and magic. Montgomery, Alabama, 1955. Ruby is a sensual hoodoo practitioner who has lost her magic. Netta is her devout, newly engaged play-sister with aspirations of climbing the social ladder. As the historic bus boycott...
SUMMER, 1976
Small moments can change the course of our lives. Over one fateful summer in Ohio, an unlikely friendship develops between Diana, a fiercely iconoclastic artist and single mom, and Alice, a free-spirited yet naive young housewife. As the Bicentennial is celebrated across the...
Latest Cleveland Reviews
Review: BLACK BY NATURE at Cascade Valley Metro Park
In an unusual opening to DanceCleveland’s 70th Anniversary Season, the organization took to the outdoors at Akron’s Cascade Valley Metro Park over the past two weekends for the world premiere of dancer-choreographer Dominic Moore-Dunson’s site-specific dance-theater piece, Black by Nature. …
Review: BRIGADOON at Porthouse/Kent State University
In order to create authentic dances for Pothouse’s BRIGADOON, if social media pictures can be trusted, during rehearsals Martin Céspedes, the shows choreographer, wore a kilt. The results are the captivating visual movements that light up the stage.…
Review: MEAN GIRLS at BECK CENTER
Tina Fay’s MEAN GIRLS, with the right level of farce can be a delightful experience. Beck’s staging, inspite of a talented cast, was pleasant. It could have been great with the right concept. Go?, Of course! Most audience members, as displayed by the standing ovation at the end of the…
Review: SIDE SHOW IN CONCERT at Porthouse Theatre
Another exposure as Cleveland Heights’s Cain Park outstanding production directed by Victoria Bussert the present Director of Oberlin College’s Musical Theater program, which featured Gregg Violand, who will be featured, later this season, in Porthouse’s BRIGADOON.…
Review: MONET TO MATISSE: DEFYING TRADITION at Art Gallery Of South Australia
An experience that may possibly require more than one visit.…
Review: GREASE at PORTHOUSE/Kent State University
GREASE, Porthouse-style, is a nostalgic reminder of the era of mid-1900’s and left those of a certain-age satisfied and maybe those of the Information Age/Digital Age asking “what was the attitude, grease and angst” all about. …
Review: MEAN GIRLS at Akron Civic Theater
Young performers overcame weather and sound issues to bring the vibrant, musical retelling of the 2004 film Mean Girls to the vintage, nostalgic Akron Civic Theater.…
Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE NATIONAL TOUR at Stranahan Theatre
The national tour of A Beautiful Noise rocks into town this week, bringing enough sequins to light up all of Toledo. As the final engagement of Broadway in Toledo’s 2025–2026 season, this musical offers a closer look at the life of Neil Diamond while delivering a thoroughly entertaining evening …
Review: THE GREAT GATSBY: A NEW MUSICAL at Connor Palace
THE GREAT GATSBY: A NEW MUSICAL is Surprisingly Great…
Review: FREAK THE MIGHTY at Cleveland Play House
What did our critic think of FREAK THE MIGHTY at Cleveland Play House?…
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A Puertas Abiertas LatinUs Theater Company (10/23-11/08) |
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Disney's Frozen Renaissance Theatre (11/21-11/29) |
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Dracula: A Horror Story Renaissance Theatre (10/02-10/18) |
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WALDEN Dobama Theatre (1/28-2/21) |
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Ohio Star Theater (5/25-10/23) |
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Poor Clare by Chiara Atik Kalberer Theatre at Maltz Performing Arts Center (10/02-10/11) |
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Dinner Detective Cleveland Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown (10/31-10/31) |
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A SHERLOCK CAROL Dobama Theatre (12/03-1/03) |
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Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Great Lakes Theater (10/23-11/08) |
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Battle of the Bards: A Shakespearean Monologue Competition Western Reserve Playhouse (10/04-10/04) |
