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Amazing stories.
Masterful performances.

Nestled on a hill and commanding a superb view of downtown Cincinnati, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park has been offering audiences the finest in professional theatre for more than 60 years. Nationally known for its excellence and commitment to new works and as an artistic home for America’s best actors, directors and designers, the Playhouse always keeps its primary role at center stage – to serve the Tristate by producing the finest in classic and contemporary works: musicals, dramas, comedies and recent hits. Simply put, the Playhouse strives to celebrate the live theatrical experience in superlative fashion, in a setting that is second to none.  

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1960 - 1969

May 22, 2017, 10:39 AM

Ninth Season (1969) 

Volpone, Ben Jonson 

The Balcony, Jean Genet 

Three Men on a Horse, John C. Holm & George Abbott 

The Dutchman, Leroi Jones 

The Good Woman of Setzuan, Bertolt Brecht 

Lady Audley's Secret, Douglas Seale 

Six Characters in Search of an Author, Luigi Pirandello 

Our Town, Thornton Wilder 

Henry IV, William Shakespeare 

The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey L. Schmidt

 

Eighth Season (1968) 

Misalliance, George Bernard Shaw 

Endgame, Samuel Beckett 

The Miser, Moliere 

Camino Real, Tennessee Williams 

Crime on Goat Island, Ugo Betti 

End of the World, Keith Neilson 

The Mad Woman of Chaillot, Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency

Saint Joan, George Bernard Shaw 

The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare 

Honor and Offer, Henry Livings 

Four Men and a Monster, Maryat Lee 

Alice, Lewis Carroll

 

Seventh Season (1967) 

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde 

The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter 

The Cavern, Jean Anouilh 

Escurial, Michel De Ghelderode 

The Lesson, Eugene Ionesco 

Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov 

Anatol, Tom Jones

 

Sixth Season (1966) 

Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw 

The American Dream, Edward Albee 

Benito Cereno, Robert Lowell 

Sodom and Gomorrah, Jean Giraudoux, translation by Herma Briffault

Charley's Aunt, Brandon Thomas 

Eh?, Henry Livings 

The Skin of our Teeth, Thornton Wilder 

The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey L. Schmidt

 

Fifth Season (1965) 

Ghosts, Henrik Ibsen & Eva LeGallienne

The Collection and The Lover, Harold Pinter 

Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw 

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Ray Lawler 

She Stoops To Conquer, Oliver Goldsmith 

The Blood Knot, Athol Fugard 

The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams 

The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey L. Schmidt

 

Fourth Season (1964) 

The Love of Don Perlimplin, Federico Garcia Lorca

The Zoo Story, Edward Albee 

Arms and the Man, George Bernard Shaw 

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, Arthur L. Kopit

The Burnt Flower Bed, Ugo Betti 

The Forced Marriage, Moliere 

The Doctor In Spite of Himself, Moliere 

Rhinoceros, Eugene Ionesco 

A Moon for the Misbegotten, Eugene O'Neill 

The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill 

The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey L. Schmidt

 

Third Season (1963) 

The Lady's Not for Burning, Christopher Fry 

The Hostage, Brendan Behan 

The Devil's Disciple, George Bernard Shaw 

Calvary, William Butler Yeats 

Act Without Words II, Samuel Beckett 

The Zoo Story, Edward Albee

The Emperor, Luigi Pirandello 

The Caretaker, Harold Pinter 

Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare 

The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey L. Schmidt

 

Second Season (1961-62) 

Hedda Gabbler, Henrik Ibsen 

The Servant of Two Masters, Carlo Goldoni 

Heartbreak House, George Bernard Shaw 

No Exit, Jean-Paul Sartre 

Bed-Time Story, Sean O'Casey 

The Lark, Jean Anouilh 

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow!, Mel Shapiro 

Hamlet, William Shakespeare 

 

First Season (1960-61) 

Compulsion, Meyer Levin 

The Cave Dwellers, William Saroyan 

Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller 

Androcles and the Lion, George Bernard Shaw 

Orpheus Descending, Tennessee Williams 

Our Town, Thornton Wilder 

Caligula, Albert Camus 

Volpone, Ben Jonson 

A View from the Bridge, Arthur Miller 

Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas 

The Seagull, Anton Chekhov 

La Ronde, Arthur Schnitzler 

The Bald Soprano and The Chairs, Eugene Ionesco

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Playhouse Productions

1960 - 1969

May 22, 2017, 10:39 AM

Ninth Season (1969) 

Volpone, Ben Jonson 

The Balcony, Jean Genet 

Three Men on a Horse, John C. Holm & George Abbott 

The Dutchman, Leroi Jones 

The Good Woman of Setzuan, Bertolt Brecht 

Lady Audley's Secret, Douglas Seale 

Six Characters in Search of an Author, Luigi Pirandello 

Our Town, Thornton Wilder 

Henry IV, William Shakespeare 

The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey L. Schmidt

 

Eighth Season (1968) 

Misalliance, George Bernard Shaw 

Endgame, Samuel Beckett 

The Miser, Moliere 

Camino Real, Tennessee Williams 

Crime on Goat Island, Ugo Betti 

End of the World, Keith Neilson 

The Mad Woman of Chaillot, Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency

Saint Joan, George Bernard Shaw 

The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare 

Honor and Offer, Henry Livings 

Four Men and a Monster, Maryat Lee 

Alice, Lewis Carroll

 

Seventh Season (1967) 

The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde 

The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter 

The Cavern, Jean Anouilh 

Escurial, Michel De Ghelderode 

The Lesson, Eugene Ionesco 

Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov 

Anatol, Tom Jones

 

Sixth Season (1966) 

Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw 

The American Dream, Edward Albee 

Benito Cereno, Robert Lowell 

Sodom and Gomorrah, Jean Giraudoux, translation by Herma Briffault

Charley's Aunt, Brandon Thomas 

Eh?, Henry Livings 

The Skin of our Teeth, Thornton Wilder 

The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey L. Schmidt

 

Fifth Season (1965) 

Ghosts, Henrik Ibsen & Eva LeGallienne

The Collection and The Lover, Harold Pinter 

Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw 

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Ray Lawler 

She Stoops To Conquer, Oliver Goldsmith 

The Blood Knot, Athol Fugard 

The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams 

The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey L. Schmidt

 

Fourth Season (1964) 

The Love of Don Perlimplin, Federico Garcia Lorca

The Zoo Story, Edward Albee 

Arms and the Man, George Bernard Shaw 

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, Arthur L. Kopit

The Burnt Flower Bed, Ugo Betti 

The Forced Marriage, Moliere 

The Doctor In Spite of Himself, Moliere 

Rhinoceros, Eugene Ionesco 

A Moon for the Misbegotten, Eugene O'Neill 

The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill 

The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey L. Schmidt

 

Third Season (1963) 

The Lady's Not for Burning, Christopher Fry 

The Hostage, Brendan Behan 

The Devil's Disciple, George Bernard Shaw 

Calvary, William Butler Yeats 

Act Without Words II, Samuel Beckett 

The Zoo Story, Edward Albee

The Emperor, Luigi Pirandello 

The Caretaker, Harold Pinter 

Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare 

The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey L. Schmidt

 

Second Season (1961-62) 

Hedda Gabbler, Henrik Ibsen 

The Servant of Two Masters, Carlo Goldoni 

Heartbreak House, George Bernard Shaw 

No Exit, Jean-Paul Sartre 

Bed-Time Story, Sean O'Casey 

The Lark, Jean Anouilh 

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow!, Mel Shapiro 

Hamlet, William Shakespeare 

 

First Season (1960-61) 

Compulsion, Meyer Levin 

The Cave Dwellers, William Saroyan 

Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller 

Androcles and the Lion, George Bernard Shaw 

Orpheus Descending, Tennessee Williams 

Our Town, Thornton Wilder 

Caligula, Albert Camus 

Volpone, Ben Jonson 

A View from the Bridge, Arthur Miller 

Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas 

The Seagull, Anton Chekhov 

La Ronde, Arthur Schnitzler 

The Bald Soprano and The Chairs, Eugene Ionesco

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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.

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