Explore the 2021-22 Season
View our current season line-up, with shows in the Marx Theatre and the Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre!
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Updated Health & Safety Protocols
The safety and well-being of our patrons, artists and staff is our top priority. Visit our Health & Safety page to view our protocols.
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We're Hiring!
Help us bring theatre to life! Full-time and part-time roles are open in both production and administration. Visit the employment page and apply to join our team!
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Listen to a Pod Play
Listen to an audio play, outdoors, for free! Follow the story through locations in Cincinnati as the story unfolds!
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The feeling you get watching a live show is absolutely electric. And it will be back. Sign up for our email list to get all our updates, straight to your inbox.
A New Stage
Directing the Future
We're building a new, state-of-the-art Mainstage Theatre Complex, featuring The Rouse Theatre, set to open March 2023. Learn more about this exciting project and how you can get involved today!
Season FAQs
Our 2022-23 season has been announced! Please visit our FAQs page for more information and ticket holder options.
Joanie Schultz Named Associate Artistic Director
We are pleased to announce that Joanie Schultz, a national arts leader and director of theatre and opera, will join the Playhouse as our new associate artistic director starting full-time in late November!
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
Learn more about our ongoing DEIA commitments and action items.
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Investing in New Stories
“When you have the resources to invest in new playwrights and new stories – and we do – then doing productions like this becomes your responsibility to the art form.” Read about our commissions and the Jerome Fey Endowment for New Plays.
How You Can Help
Make An Impact
As a non-profit organization, ticket sales do not cover the costs of our productions and mission-driven work. Generous donations from people like you help build sets, purchase props, bring top talent to Cincinnati, and bring theatre to kids and community centers across the Tristate.
Help us Build a New Theatre
We're building a new, state-of-the-art Mainstage Theatre Complex, featuring The Rouse Theatre, set to open March 2023. Learn more about this exciting project and how you can get involved today!
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Join Leading Ladies
Leading Ladies is returning to in-person events next season! Get a backstage pass to exclusive and exciting "girls' night out" events; meet incredible professionals in the theatre; and so much more!