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.
The Markley Family presents Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, by Richard Maltby, Jr. and William Meade
Sanctuary City, by Martyna Majok
Moe & jack Rouse and Randolph Wadsworth presentClyde's, by Lynn Nottage
Late Nite Catechism, by Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan
First Financial Bank presents A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens and adapted by Blake Robison
Leading Ladies presents Dracula, by Vanessa Severo in collaboration with Joanie Schultz
Johnson Investment Council & Clark Schaefer Hackett present Stew, by Zora Howard
Linda & Gary Greenberg and Andrea & Dr. Edward Herzig present The Chosen, by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok
Ellen and Ray van der HORST present Vietgone, by Qui Nguyen
Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie, adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig
Frida...A Self Portrait by Vanessa Severo
The Lion by Benjamin Scheuer
The Singular Sensations present A Chorus Line by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante
The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh
The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation presents Seven Guitars by August Wilson
Origin Story by Nathan Alan Davis
Shane by Karen Zacarías, adapted from the novel by Jack Schaefer
The West End, by Keith Josef Adkins
Need Your Love, by KJ Sanchez
First Financial Bank presents A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, by Katie Forgette
Rooted, by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Leading Ladies presents Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati presents Becoming Dr. Ruth, Mark St. Germain
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, by Jocelyn Bioh
Due to the pandemic, the originally planned 2020-21 mainstage productions did not occur. Off the Grid, Off the Hill, and other educational and community programming were the focus of the sixty-first season, with virtual and in-person opportunities. In winter 2020, Bruce Cromer performed a one-man A Christmas Carol Radio Play with WVXU. In 2021, we hosted a Special Event Series, which included the following socially distanced, in-person performances:
Schueler Group presents Higher and Higher: A Rock 'N Soul Party with Chester Gregory, presented by Artists Lounge Live
Schueler Group presents The Skivvies: Live and Literally In-Person!
Schueler Group presents An Evening with The Bengsons
The Markley Family presents Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, by Richard Maltby, Jr. and William Meade
Sanctuary City, by Martyna Majok
Moe & jack Rouse and Randolph Wadsworth presentClyde's, by Lynn Nottage
Late Nite Catechism, by Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan
First Financial Bank presents A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens and adapted by Blake Robison
Leading Ladies presents Dracula, by Vanessa Severo in collaboration with Joanie Schultz
Johnson Investment Council & Clark Schaefer Hackett present Stew, by Zora Howard
Linda & Gary Greenberg and Andrea & Dr. Edward Herzig present The Chosen, by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok
Ellen and Ray van der HORST present Vietgone, by Qui Nguyen
Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie, adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig
Frida...A Self Portrait by Vanessa Severo
The Lion by Benjamin Scheuer
The Singular Sensations present A Chorus Line by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante
The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh
The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation presents Seven Guitars by August Wilson
Origin Story by Nathan Alan Davis
Shane by Karen Zacarías, adapted from the novel by Jack Schaefer
The West End, by Keith Josef Adkins
Need Your Love, by KJ Sanchez
First Financial Bank presents A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, adapted by Howard Dallin
Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, by Katie Forgette
Rooted, by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Leading Ladies presents Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati presents Becoming Dr. Ruth, Mark St. Germain
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, by Jocelyn Bioh
Due to the pandemic, the originally planned 2020-21 mainstage productions did not occur. Off the Grid, Off the Hill, and other educational and community programming were the focus of the sixty-first season, with virtual and in-person opportunities. In winter 2020, Bruce Cromer performed a one-man A Christmas Carol Radio Play with WVXU. In 2021, we hosted a Special Event Series, which included the following socially distanced, in-person performances:
Schueler Group presents Higher and Higher: A Rock 'N Soul Party with Chester Gregory, presented by Artists Lounge Live
Schueler Group presents The Skivvies: Live and Literally In-Person!
Schueler Group presents An Evening with The Bengsons
“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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