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The Allen, Outcalt, and Helen
Theatres are all located at
1407 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115
CPH is dedicated to serving diverse audiences with nationally acclaimed education programs.
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September 7 - 28, 2025
Join us for a new staging of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. In its depiction of the small town of Grover’s Corners and the lives of the Webb and Gibbs families, whose children fall in love, marry, and eventually die, Our Town explores universal themes of life, love, and death, and celebrates the value of appreciating the magic of life’s mundane moments. As staged by Tony Award-winning MacArthur “Genius” Mary Zimmerman, whose aesthetic aligns beautifully with that of the author, our production of Our Town will reassert itself, again, as one of the greatest plays ever written, one that fills hearts with purpose and meaning.
October 26 - November 16, 2025
Original songs propel this hilarious and heartfelt play about living life on your own terms. In the buttoned-up 1950s, an ex-GI became the first transgender celebrity in America. Based on the actual life of Christine Jorgensen, The Christine Jorgensen Show is a feel-good retelling of Jorgensen’s remarkable second act and the cabaret act she developed that transformed her from headline into headliner. Cleveland Play House Artistic Director Michael Barakiva, who helmed the show’s Off-Broadway premiere, brings this wholesome hit to Cleveland for its Midwest premiere.
November 30 - December 21, 2025
One boy. One holiday wish. One triple-dog-daring good time! Cleveland’s favorite holiday tradition returns to the Allen Theatre in all its pink-bunny-suit, glowing-leg-lamp, frozen-flagpole-licking glory. Be a holiday hero and bring your brood downtown to bask in the warm glow of holiday lights and experience the joy of a gift that keeps on giving all season long. It’s “one of the more enchanting ways to be transported to a world beyond our own,” raves The Plain Dealer.
February 8 - March 1, 2026
“This is the story of a friendship. Of how I got a new job. A story of love and balance and time.” So begins Kenneth’s tale of being laid off, of discovering new beginnings, new friends, and new hopes. Absorbing, funny, and moving—it is no wonder that Primary Trust is now one of the most produced plays in the country. Hailed from coast to coast, the 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winner is, reports the LA Times, “as tenderhearted as it is spryly comic and as poignant as it is ultimately uplifting.” As The Observer said, “it will restore your faith in theatre’s elemental storytelling powers.” It will also restore your hope.
March 5 - 15, 2026
Hershey Felder returns to Cleveland in his newest hit, starring as the virtuoso pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. Having safely left Russia during the 1917 revolution, Rachmaninoff now ensconced in Beverly Hills, shares his memory of a long-ago encounter with Russia’s last Tsar, portrayed by British-Italian actor Jonathan Silvestri. Rachmaninoff and the Tsar features the most beloved compositions by this last great representative of Russian romanticism, including Prelude in C# minor and the 2nd Piano Concerto. It promises to be another dramatic musical journey in the Hershey Felder style that audiences all over the world have come to love. A special presentation by Cleveland Play House
April 5 - 26, 2026
Préparez-vous, you, for one hilarious night of theatre. The man of the house has lost his marbles! He’s been blinded by the counterfeit zeal of a sanctimonious scoundrel who fully intends to make off with his livelihood and probably his wife. Tartuffe is on the loose, making for one of classical theatre’s most celebrated roles. Our production of the funniest French play ever conceived promises to be as relatable today as when it premiered in 1664, as bitingly incisive, and equally entertaining.
May 22 - June 21, 2026
Based on the beloved novel by Rodman Philbrick, this new musical follows the adventures of two unlikely friends, Maxwell Kane and Kevin “Freak” Avery. Though Maxwell and Kevin feel like outsiders, together they transform into “Freak The Mighty”, a heroic duo empowered to take on the world. Shepherded by the Tony® Award winning producers of Come From Away, Freak The Mighty celebrates friendship, resilience and community in the face of adversity. It’s a soaring new musical with the spirit to connect to the dreamer in all of us.
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The Allen, Helen and Outcalt theatres are located at Playhouse Square
1407 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115
Administrative Offices and Education Center
1901 E. 13th Street, Suite 200 Cleveland, OH 44114 (216) 400-7000
Production Center
7401 Shoreway Commerce Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44103
