October 26 - November 16, 2025 , Outcalt Theatre

The Christine Jorgensen Show

book & lyrics by Donald Steven Olson
music by Donald Steven Olson & Mark Nadler
directed by Michael Barakiva

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Original songs power 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 her true story, The Christine Jorgensen Show is a feel-good retelling of the cabaret act that transformed this American icon from headline into headliner! Cleveland Play House Artistic Director Michael Barakiva, who helmed the show’s Off-Broadway premiere, brings this crowd-pleasing hit to Cleveland for its Midwest premiere.

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Artists

Scott Ahearn

(Myles Bell) recently appeared at Lincoln Center Theatre in Michael John LaChiusa’s The Gardens of Anuncia, directed by Graciela Daniele. Other New York credits include Christmas in Hell at the York Theatre, Nutcracker! at Amas Musical Theatre, and Green: The Musical at Manhattan Theatre Club’s CreateTheatre New Works Festival, more

Augustine Lorrie

(Christine Jorgensen) (they/she) is a queer and transfemme singer, writer, and creative, honored to be making her Cleveland Play House debut. Yale School of Drama: Julius Caesar (Caesar), Next to Normal (Gabe), Fucking A (Canary Mary), Hedda Gabler (Aunt Julle). International: Love’s Labour’s Lost (Berowne, Prague Shakespeare Company), Stick more

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