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.
Once on This Island, book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty, based Upon the Novel, “My Love, My Love” by Rosa Guy
Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace, adapted for the stage by Jennifer Blackmer
Moe & Jack Rouse and Randolph Wadsworth present The Lifespan of a Fact, Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell
2 Pianos, 4 Hands, Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
First Financial Bank presents A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Alan Janes
americUS, UNIVERSES
Leading Ladies presents Destiny of Desire, Karen Zacarías (Closed early due to the pandemic.)
Actually, Anna Ziegler (Unable to open due to the pandemic.)
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig (Unable to open due to the pandemic.)
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati presents Becoming Dr. Ruth, Mark St. Germain (Unable to open due to the pandemic.)
Misery, William Goldman, based on the novel by Stephen King
The Roommate, Jen Silverman
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Lauren
Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Cincinnati King,
KJ Sanchez
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by
Howard Dallin
The Second City — It's Not You, It's Me
In the Heights, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, book by
Quiara Alegría Hudes, conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Last Wide Open,
Audrey Cefaly
August Wilson's Two Trains Running
The Thanksgiving Play, Larissa FastHorse
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, based on the comic strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz; book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner
Tiny Houses,
Chelsea Marcantel
Shakespeare in Love, based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard,
adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, music by Paddy Cunneen
Mr. Joy, Daniel Beaty
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,
Simon Stephens | Adapted from the novel by Mark Haddon
Frank Ferrante in An Evening with Groucho
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard
Dallin
Million Dollar Quartet, book by Colin Escott
and Floyd Mutrux
Be Here Now, Deborah Zoe Laufer
Marie and Rosetta, George Brant
Sooner/Later, Allyson Currin
Treasure Island, Ken Ludwig, adapted from the novel by Robert
Louis Stevenson
Murder for Two, book and music by Joe Kinosian,
book and lyrics by Kellen Blair
A Prayer for Owen Meany, a novel by John Irving, adapted by Simon Bent
Disgraced, Ayad Akhtar
Jitney, August Wilson
The Second City's Holidazed & Confused Revue
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Little Shop of Horrors, book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken, based on a film by Roger Corman, screenplay by Charles Griffith
Summerland, Arlitia Jones
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë, adapted by Polly Teale
All the Roads Home, Jen Silverman
Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End, Allison Engel and Margaret Engel
The Secret Garden, book and lyrics by Marsha Norman, music by Lucy Simon, based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sex with Strangers, Laura Eason
Mad River Rising, Dana Yeaton
Low Down Dirty Blues, Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Native Gardens, Karen Zacarías
The Revolutionists, Lauren Gunderson
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, adapted by Christopher Sergel
Mothers and Sons, Terrence McNally
Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khan
Bad Dates, Theresa Rebeck
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, Jeffrey Hatcher, based on characters
created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and "The Suicide Club" by Robert Louis Stevenson
I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti, Jacques Lamarre from the novel by Giulia Melucci
Safe House, Keith Josef Adkins
Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical, Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, Richard Maltby Jr. and William Meade, adapted from
the Broadway production by Richard Maltby Jr. and Jason Edwards
Chapatti, Christian O'Reilly
Peter and the Starcatcher, Rick Elice, adapted from the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Buzzer, Tracey Scott Wilson
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker
Fly, Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khan
Seven Spots on the Sun, Martín Zimmerman
Cabaret, Joe Masteroff, Fred Ebb and John Kander
The Complete History of Comedy (abridged), Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Clybourne Park, Bruce Norris
4000 Miles, Amy Herzog
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, adapted for the stage by Joseph Hanreddy and J. R. Sullivan
A Delicate Ship, Anna Ziegler
Venus in Fur, David Ives
The North Pool, Rajiv Joseph
The Three Musketeers, Ken Ludwig, adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Through the Night, Daniel Beaty
Brighton Beach Memoirs, Neil Simon
Hank Williams Lost Highway: The Music and Legend of Hank Williams, Randal Myler and Mark Harelik
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Abigail/1702, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Leveling Up, Deborah Zoe Laufer
The Trip to Bountiful, Horton Foote
The Book Club Play, Karen Zacarías
Double Indemnity, James M. Cain, adapted for the stage by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont As Told By Himself, Donald Margulies
God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton
As You Like It, William Shakespeare
Red, John Logan
Always ... Patsy Cline, Ted Swindley
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Dead Accounts, Theresa Rebeck
Speaking in Tongues, Andrew Bovell
Merrily We Roll Along, Stephen Sondheim & George Furth, based on the original play by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
Tigers Be Still, Kim Rosenstock
Thunder Knocking on the Door, Keith Glover, Keb' Mo' & Anderson Edwards
The Second City 2: Less Pride ... More Pork
High, Matthew Lombardo
The Understudy, Theresa Rebeck
You Can't Take It With You, George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
The Second City Does Cincinnati: Pride and Porkopolis
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Over the Tavern, Tom Dudzick
The Piano Teacher, Julia Cho
Gee's Bend, Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Behind the Eye, Carson Kreitzer
Beehive, Larry Gallagher
The Pavilion, Craig Wright
Once on This Island, book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty, based Upon the Novel, “My Love, My Love” by Rosa Guy
Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace, adapted for the stage by Jennifer Blackmer
Moe & Jack Rouse and Randolph Wadsworth present The Lifespan of a Fact, Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell
2 Pianos, 4 Hands, Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
First Financial Bank presents A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Alan Janes
americUS, UNIVERSES
Leading Ladies presents Destiny of Desire, Karen Zacarías (Closed early due to the pandemic.)
Actually, Anna Ziegler (Unable to open due to the pandemic.)
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig (Unable to open due to the pandemic.)
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati presents Becoming Dr. Ruth, Mark St. Germain (Unable to open due to the pandemic.)
Misery, William Goldman, based on the novel by Stephen King
The Roommate, Jen Silverman
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Lauren
Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Cincinnati King,
KJ Sanchez
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by
Howard Dallin
The Second City — It's Not You, It's Me
In the Heights, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, book by
Quiara Alegría Hudes, conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Last Wide Open,
Audrey Cefaly
August Wilson's Two Trains Running
The Thanksgiving Play, Larissa FastHorse
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, based on the comic strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz; book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner
Tiny Houses,
Chelsea Marcantel
Shakespeare in Love, based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard,
adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, music by Paddy Cunneen
Mr. Joy, Daniel Beaty
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,
Simon Stephens | Adapted from the novel by Mark Haddon
Frank Ferrante in An Evening with Groucho
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard
Dallin
Million Dollar Quartet, book by Colin Escott
and Floyd Mutrux
Be Here Now, Deborah Zoe Laufer
Marie and Rosetta, George Brant
Sooner/Later, Allyson Currin
Treasure Island, Ken Ludwig, adapted from the novel by Robert
Louis Stevenson
Murder for Two, book and music by Joe Kinosian,
book and lyrics by Kellen Blair
A Prayer for Owen Meany, a novel by John Irving, adapted by Simon Bent
Disgraced, Ayad Akhtar
Jitney, August Wilson
The Second City's Holidazed & Confused Revue
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Little Shop of Horrors, book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken, based on a film by Roger Corman, screenplay by Charles Griffith
Summerland, Arlitia Jones
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë, adapted by Polly Teale
All the Roads Home, Jen Silverman
Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End, Allison Engel and Margaret Engel
The Secret Garden, book and lyrics by Marsha Norman, music by Lucy Simon, based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sex with Strangers, Laura Eason
Mad River Rising, Dana Yeaton
Low Down Dirty Blues, Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Native Gardens, Karen Zacarías
The Revolutionists, Lauren Gunderson
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, adapted by Christopher Sergel
Mothers and Sons, Terrence McNally
Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khan
Bad Dates, Theresa Rebeck
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, Jeffrey Hatcher, based on characters
created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and "The Suicide Club" by Robert Louis Stevenson
I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti, Jacques Lamarre from the novel by Giulia Melucci
Safe House, Keith Josef Adkins
Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical, Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, Richard Maltby Jr. and William Meade, adapted from
the Broadway production by Richard Maltby Jr. and Jason Edwards
Chapatti, Christian O'Reilly
Peter and the Starcatcher, Rick Elice, adapted from the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Buzzer, Tracey Scott Wilson
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker
Fly, Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khan
Seven Spots on the Sun, Martín Zimmerman
Cabaret, Joe Masteroff, Fred Ebb and John Kander
The Complete History of Comedy (abridged), Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Clybourne Park, Bruce Norris
4000 Miles, Amy Herzog
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, adapted for the stage by Joseph Hanreddy and J. R. Sullivan
A Delicate Ship, Anna Ziegler
Venus in Fur, David Ives
The North Pool, Rajiv Joseph
The Three Musketeers, Ken Ludwig, adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Through the Night, Daniel Beaty
Brighton Beach Memoirs, Neil Simon
Hank Williams Lost Highway: The Music and Legend of Hank Williams, Randal Myler and Mark Harelik
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Abigail/1702, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Leveling Up, Deborah Zoe Laufer
The Trip to Bountiful, Horton Foote
The Book Club Play, Karen Zacarías
Double Indemnity, James M. Cain, adapted for the stage by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont As Told By Himself, Donald Margulies
God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton
As You Like It, William Shakespeare
Red, John Logan
Always ... Patsy Cline, Ted Swindley
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Dead Accounts, Theresa Rebeck
Speaking in Tongues, Andrew Bovell
Merrily We Roll Along, Stephen Sondheim & George Furth, based on the original play by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
Tigers Be Still, Kim Rosenstock
Thunder Knocking on the Door, Keith Glover, Keb' Mo' & Anderson Edwards
The Second City 2: Less Pride ... More Pork
High, Matthew Lombardo
The Understudy, Theresa Rebeck
You Can't Take It With You, George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
The Second City Does Cincinnati: Pride and Porkopolis
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Over the Tavern, Tom Dudzick
The Piano Teacher, Julia Cho
Gee's Bend, Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Behind the Eye, Carson Kreitzer
Beehive, Larry Gallagher
The Pavilion, Craig Wright
“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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