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.
Fiftieth Season (2009-10)
Sleuth, Anthony Shaffer
Victoria Musica, Michele Lowe
Three Sisters, Anton Chekhov, a new version by Sarah Ruhl
Sanders Family Christmas: More Smoke on the Mountain, Connie Ray & Alan Bailey
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
The Fall of Heaven, Walter Mosley
How? How? Why? Why? Why?, Kevin Kling
Daddy Long Legs, John Caird & Paul Gordon, based on the novel by Jean Webster
The History of Invulnerability, David Bar Katz
Ain't Misbehavin', Richard Maltby Jr.
The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt
Forty-Ninth Season (2008-09)
Jane Austen's Emma, Paul Gordon, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen
Durango, Julia Cho
Love Song, John Kolvenbach
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Travels of Angelica, Joseph McDonough
Blackbird, David Harrower
The Foreigner, Larry Shue
Last Train to Nibroc, Arlene Hutton
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson
Marry Me a Little, Stephen Sondheim, Craig Lucas and Norman René
Forty-Eighth Season (2007-08)
Dracula, Hamilton Deane & John Balderston
Othello, William Shakespeare
Altar Boyz, Kevin Del Aguila, Gary Adler & Michael Patrick Walker, conceived by Marc Kessler & Ken Davenport
The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), Eric Rockwell & Joanne Bogart
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, Robert Hewett
Crime and Punishment, Marilyn Campbell & Curt Columbus, based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Doubt, John Patrick Shanley
A Sleeping Country, Melanie Marnich
Ella, Jeffrey Hatcher, Rob Ruggiero, Dyke Garrison & Danny Holgate
Around the World in 80 Days, Mark Brown, from the novel by Jules Verne
Forty-Seventh Season (2006-07)
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
In the Continuum, Danai Gurira & Nikkole Salter
Ace, Richard Oberacker & Robert Taylor
This Wonderful Life, Steve Murray, conceived by Mark Setlock
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Low, Rha Goddess
The Catholic Girl's Guide to Losing Your Virginity, Annie Hendy
Pure Confidence, Carlyle Brown
1:23, Carson Kreitzer
Reckless, Craig Lucas
Murderers, Jeffrey Hatcher
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, Steven Dietz, based on the play by William Gillette & Arthur Conan Doyle
Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming, Connie Ray & Alan Bailey
Forty-Sixth Season (2005-06)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart & Stephen Sondheim
Love, Janis, Randal Myler
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams
The Complete History of America (abridged), Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor
All the Great Books (abridged), Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
The Clean House, Sarah Ruhl
Yellowman, Dael Orlandersmith
Company, Stephen Sondheim & George Furth
Stone My Heart, Joseph McDonough
Witness for the Prosecution, Agatha Christie
Squeeze Box, Ann Randolph
Forty-Fifth Season (2004-05)
Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
A Picasso, Jeffrey Hatcher
The Crucible, Arthur Miller
Plaid Tidings, Stuart Ross
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Bad Dates, Theresa Rebeck
Leap, John Yearley
The Retreat From Moscow, William Nicholson
The Underpants, Steve Martin, adapted from the play by Carl Sternheim
Crowns, Regina Taylor, based on the book by Michael Cunningham & Craig Marberry
The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown
Forty-Fourth Season (2003-04)
My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
One, Joseph McDonough
Metamorphoses, based on the myths of Ovid, written by Mary Zimmerman
Always ... Patsy Cline, Ted Swindley
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Going Gone, Karen Hartman
The Drawer Boy, Michael Healey
Blue, Charles Randolph Wright & Nona Hendryx
Hiding Behind Comets, Brian Dykstra
Mister Roberts, Thomas Heggen & Joshua Logan
Sing Hallelujah!, Worth Gardner & Donald Lawrence
Forty-Third Season (2002-03)
Ah, Wilderness!, Eugene O'Neill
Havana Is Waiting, Eduardo Machado
A Flea in Her Ear, Georges Feydeau
The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged), Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Proof, David Auburn
An Infinite Ache, David Schulner
Pacific Overtures, Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman
The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Carson Kreitzer
The Smell of the Kill, Michele Lowe
The Syringa Tree, Pamela Gien
Forty-Second Season (2001-02)
King Lear, William Shakespeare
God's Man in Texas, David Rambo
Gypsy, Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne & Stephen Sondheim
Beehive, created by Larry Gallagher
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Blues for an Alabama Sky, Pearl Cleage
Men on the Take, Carter W. Lewis
Ten Little Indians, Agatha Christie
Barbara's Blue Kitchen, Lori Fischer
King o' the Moon, Tom Dudzick
Dirty Blonde, Claudia Shear
Wingfield Unbound, Dan Needles
The Reducers: All the Great Books (abridged), Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor
The Honky Tonk Angels, Ted Swindley
Forty-First Season (2000-01)
Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Shakespeare's R&J, Joe Calarco
Everything's Ducky, Bill Russell, Jeffrey Hatcher & Henry Krieger
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Closer, Patrick Marber
Dark Paradise: The Legend of the Five-Pointed Star, Keith Glover
Avenue X, John Jiler & Ray Leslee
Art, Yasmina Reza
The Mystery of Irma Vep, Charles Ludlam
Talley's Folly, Lanford Wilson
Smoke on the Mountain, Connie Ray & Alan Bailey
Exceptions to Gravity, Avner the Eccentric
Fiftieth Season (2009-10)
Sleuth, Anthony Shaffer
Victoria Musica, Michele Lowe
Three Sisters, Anton Chekhov, a new version by Sarah Ruhl
Sanders Family Christmas: More Smoke on the Mountain, Connie Ray & Alan Bailey
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
The Fall of Heaven, Walter Mosley
How? How? Why? Why? Why?, Kevin Kling
Daddy Long Legs, John Caird & Paul Gordon, based on the novel by Jean Webster
The History of Invulnerability, David Bar Katz
Ain't Misbehavin', Richard Maltby Jr.
The Fantasticks, Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt
Forty-Ninth Season (2008-09)
Jane Austen's Emma, Paul Gordon, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen
Durango, Julia Cho
Love Song, John Kolvenbach
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Travels of Angelica, Joseph McDonough
Blackbird, David Harrower
The Foreigner, Larry Shue
Last Train to Nibroc, Arlene Hutton
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson
Marry Me a Little, Stephen Sondheim, Craig Lucas and Norman René
Forty-Eighth Season (2007-08)
Dracula, Hamilton Deane & John Balderston
Othello, William Shakespeare
Altar Boyz, Kevin Del Aguila, Gary Adler & Michael Patrick Walker, conceived by Marc Kessler & Ken Davenport
The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), Eric Rockwell & Joanne Bogart
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, Robert Hewett
Crime and Punishment, Marilyn Campbell & Curt Columbus, based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Doubt, John Patrick Shanley
A Sleeping Country, Melanie Marnich
Ella, Jeffrey Hatcher, Rob Ruggiero, Dyke Garrison & Danny Holgate
Around the World in 80 Days, Mark Brown, from the novel by Jules Verne
Forty-Seventh Season (2006-07)
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
In the Continuum, Danai Gurira & Nikkole Salter
Ace, Richard Oberacker & Robert Taylor
This Wonderful Life, Steve Murray, conceived by Mark Setlock
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Low, Rha Goddess
The Catholic Girl's Guide to Losing Your Virginity, Annie Hendy
Pure Confidence, Carlyle Brown
1:23, Carson Kreitzer
Reckless, Craig Lucas
Murderers, Jeffrey Hatcher
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, Steven Dietz, based on the play by William Gillette & Arthur Conan Doyle
Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming, Connie Ray & Alan Bailey
Forty-Sixth Season (2005-06)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart & Stephen Sondheim
Love, Janis, Randal Myler
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams
The Complete History of America (abridged), Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor
All the Great Books (abridged), Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
The Clean House, Sarah Ruhl
Yellowman, Dael Orlandersmith
Company, Stephen Sondheim & George Furth
Stone My Heart, Joseph McDonough
Witness for the Prosecution, Agatha Christie
Squeeze Box, Ann Randolph
Forty-Fifth Season (2004-05)
Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
A Picasso, Jeffrey Hatcher
The Crucible, Arthur Miller
Plaid Tidings, Stuart Ross
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Bad Dates, Theresa Rebeck
Leap, John Yearley
The Retreat From Moscow, William Nicholson
The Underpants, Steve Martin, adapted from the play by Carl Sternheim
Crowns, Regina Taylor, based on the book by Michael Cunningham & Craig Marberry
The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown
Forty-Fourth Season (2003-04)
My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
One, Joseph McDonough
Metamorphoses, based on the myths of Ovid, written by Mary Zimmerman
Always ... Patsy Cline, Ted Swindley
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Going Gone, Karen Hartman
The Drawer Boy, Michael Healey
Blue, Charles Randolph Wright & Nona Hendryx
Hiding Behind Comets, Brian Dykstra
Mister Roberts, Thomas Heggen & Joshua Logan
Sing Hallelujah!, Worth Gardner & Donald Lawrence
Forty-Third Season (2002-03)
Ah, Wilderness!, Eugene O'Neill
Havana Is Waiting, Eduardo Machado
A Flea in Her Ear, Georges Feydeau
The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged), Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Proof, David Auburn
An Infinite Ache, David Schulner
Pacific Overtures, Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman
The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Carson Kreitzer
The Smell of the Kill, Michele Lowe
The Syringa Tree, Pamela Gien
Forty-Second Season (2001-02)
King Lear, William Shakespeare
God's Man in Texas, David Rambo
Gypsy, Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne & Stephen Sondheim
Beehive, created by Larry Gallagher
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Blues for an Alabama Sky, Pearl Cleage
Men on the Take, Carter W. Lewis
Ten Little Indians, Agatha Christie
Barbara's Blue Kitchen, Lori Fischer
King o' the Moon, Tom Dudzick
Dirty Blonde, Claudia Shear
Wingfield Unbound, Dan Needles
The Reducers: All the Great Books (abridged), Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor
The Honky Tonk Angels, Ted Swindley
Forty-First Season (2000-01)
Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Shakespeare's R&J, Joe Calarco
Everything's Ducky, Bill Russell, Jeffrey Hatcher & Henry Krieger
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Closer, Patrick Marber
Dark Paradise: The Legend of the Five-Pointed Star, Keith Glover
Avenue X, John Jiler & Ray Leslee
Art, Yasmina Reza
The Mystery of Irma Vep, Charles Ludlam
Talley's Folly, Lanford Wilson
Smoke on the Mountain, Connie Ray & Alan Bailey
Exceptions to Gravity, Avner the Eccentric
“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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