Cleveland Play House

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The mission of The Cleveland Play House is to produce plays of the highest professional standards that inspire, stimulate and entertain our diverse audiences and to conduct training and educational programs that enhance the quality of life for those we serve and help to insure the future of theatre.

Founded in 1915, The Cleveland Play House is America's first permanently established professional theatre company. We are an artist-inspired theatre that serves our community by bringing to life stories that are entertaining, relevant, and thought-provoking.

2009-2010 SEASON
BEETHOVEN, AS I KNEW HIM
Bolton Theatre • September 15 - October 4, 2009
Hershey Felder is back! Following sold-out performances of George Gershwin Alone and Monsieur Chopin (2007-08 Season), Felder now brings the enthralling music and captivating life of Beethoven to the stage.

INHERIT THE WIND – The First Cleveland Play House Revival! (originally staged 1957-58 Season)
Drury Theatre • October 23 - November 15, 2009
Eighty years after the “Scopes Monkey Trial,” this classic courtroom drama about evolution, creationism, and an American society struggling to balance science and scripture is as timely as ever.

A CHRISTMAS STORY – Its Fifth and Final Year!
Bolton Theatre • November 27 - December 20, 2009
Based on the beloved movie, this classic holiday comedy is a funny and sweet tale of growing up in the 1940s. Play House subscribers receive advance notice and special discounts for this holiday tradition.

Neil Simon's LOST IN YONKERS – The Cleveland Play House Premiere!
Co-produced with Maltz Jupiter Theatre and Paper Mill Playhouse
Drury Theatre • January 8 - 31, 2010
In the summer of 1942, two young boys, raised by a group of eccentric relatives, come of age in this touching and hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winner by America’s foremost comic playwright.

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
Co-produced with Arizona Theatre Company and San Jose Rep
Bolton Theatre • January 29 – February 21, 2010 The House will be rocking with this Tony Award-winning musical tribute to the music of one of the singular musicians of the jazz era, Thomas “Fats” Waller.

Jane Austen's EMMA
Drury Theatre • February 26 - March 21, 2010
Beautiful, witty, and much too mischievous, Emma Woodhouse is one of Jane Austen’s most unforgettable heroines. A World Premiere adaptation of one of the great romantic novels.

BILL W. AND DR. BOB – The Midwest Premiere!
Drury Theatre • April 9 - May 2, 2010
Set in Akron, this powerful drama tells the amazing and inspiring story of the two men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous—and their wives who founded Al Anon...