Theatre-related
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ACTORS' SUMMIT
Actors’ Summit operates under a development agreement with Actors'
Equity Association. It operates year round producing a wide variety of
plays from contemporary to classical.
Mailing Address: 86 Owen Brown Street, Hudson, Ohio 44236
 * Inquiries:
(p) (330) 342-0800 (General Information) or (e)
info@actorssummit.org * Website:
www.actorssummit.org
* Discount: None offered at this time
ARTISTSCHAIR.COM
Artistschair.com is an online directory committed to promoting and
raising awareness of local
artists, arts-related institutions and issues and the Northeast Ohio
region as well as serving the needs of those searching for creative
talent and resources. The quick and easy-to-use talent database features
profiles of currently more than 400 local artists in more than 100 different
talent fields within the disciplines of theatre, dance, film, music and behind-the-scenes operations
(visual arts-related fields are in the process of being developed). The
directory also features a
comprehensive resource section that spotlights arts-related
organizations in the fields of advocacy, dance, film, music, online talent directories, talent
agencies, theatre and the visual arts as well as a bulletin board
component that allows both members and users to post notices in a
variety of categories. Currently all programs and services offered on
the site are free.
Mailing Address: 3256 West 99th
Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44102
* Inquiries: (p) (216) 281-7451
(General Information) or (e)
jeon@artistschair.com * Website:
www.artistschair.com
* Discount: None offered because all programs and services are free
ARTISTS OF CLEVELAND
Artistsofcleveland.com offers website and services designed to help
artists, musicians and performers market their work and themselves.
Mailing Address: 2570 Superior Avenue, Ste. 504, Cleveland, Ohio
44114
* Inquiries: (p) (216) 696-7347
(General Information) or (e)
alandlarry@earthlink.net * Website:
www.artistsofcleveland.com
* Discount: 10% of membership services
CABARET DADA IMPROVISATIONAL THEATRE
Cabaret Dada is Cleveland's first and only full-time improvisational
theater and the home of Something Dada Improvisational Comedy Co. All
shows are made up on the spot and based entirely on audience
suggestions. Dada performs every Friday at 10:30 pm and every Saturday
at 8:00 & 10:30 pm. The theatre also offers Improvisational classes and
is the home of the Cleveland Black Box Theatre, an independent
performance venue.
Mailing Address: 1210 W. 6th Street,
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
* Inquiries: (p) (216) 696-4242 (General
Information) or (e)
somedada@aol.com * Website:
www.cabaretdada.com
* Discount: $2.00 off admission price per patron
CAROUSEL DINNER THEATER
The largest professional dinner theatre in the world, Carousel Dinner
Theatre offers the glamour of a live musical comparable to any touring
production. Carousel can entertain more than one thousand guests. If you
haven't seen Carousel in the past few years, you haven't seen Carousel.
Experience a "freshness" in the meals and work of a new artistic team
and actors that will have you talking.
Mailing Address: 1275 E. Waterloo Road, Akron, Ohio 44306
*
Inquiries: (p) (330) 724-9855 or (800) 362-4100 (General
Information) or (e)
carouseldt@carouseldinnertheatre.com * Website:
www.carouseldinnertheatre.com * Discount: None offered at
this time
CHAGRIN VALLEY LITTLE THEATRE
Audiences today at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre enjoy a first-class
professional theater, with high-tech lighting and sound systems,
comfortable seating, and excellent acoustics. Before and after the show
patrons meet and mingle in an elegant lobby and enjoy refreshments
during intermission in the charming River Room. The theatre has come a
long way from its humble beginnings in 1929. Now a true community
theater, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is recognized throughout the
region as a venue for high quality productions that showcase the talents
of area actors and delight thousands of theater lovers each season.
Mailing Address: 40 River Street, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022
*
Inquiries: (p) (440) 247-8955 (General Information) or (e)
cvlt@cvlt.org * Website:
www.cvlt.org *
Discounts: None offered at
this time
THE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE
The Cleveland Play House is America's first permanently established
professional theatre. Among the largest complexes in the nation, its
five performance venues attract over 140,000 patrons annually. This
nationally recognized regional theatre has produced World and/or
American premieres by Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Luigi
Pirandello and Bertolt Brecht. Paul Newman, Alan Alda, Ed Asner,
Madeline Kahn, Jane Krakowski and Calista Flockhart, among other noted
actors, have all appear at The Cleveland Play House.
Mailing Address: 8500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
*
Inquiries:
(p) (216) 795-7000 (General Information) or (e)
boxoffice@clevelandplayhouse.com *
Website:
www.clevelandplayhouse.com
* Discounts: $5.00 off a ticket to any main stage production per patron
during the 2005-2006 season. Limit four. Offer subject to availability.
Not valid with other offers or discounts
CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE
Cleveland Public Theatre Is truly a Public theatre presenting a wide
range of artistic and arts education programs in its two historic
buildings on the near west side. "Alternative theatre doesn't get any
more adventurous, versatile, intelligent or socially conscious than
this. Doing it well has allowed CPT to grow into one of the area's most
influential companies." The Plain Dealer.
Mailing Address: 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44102
*
Inquiries: (p) (216) 631-2727 (General Information) or (e)
info@cptonline.org * Website:
www.cptonline.org
* Discount: None offered at
this time
CLEVELAND SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
The mission of the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival is to produce
exceptional, accessible theater, drawing influence from the works of
William Shakespeare. The Festival celebrates the talents of local
artists in all aspects of production and excite contemporary audiences
with the timeless themes of great theatre. The Festival offers free
summer performances in a festive atmosphere, educational outreach
programs, and creative collaborations with other groups.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 93494, Cleveland, Ohio 44101
*
Inquiries: (p) (877) 280-1646 (General Information) or (e)
info@cleveshakes.org *
Website:
www.cleveshakes.org * Discount: None offered because all
shows are free
CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM
convergence-continuun presents contemporary, experimental theatre
in an up-close-and-personal setting (seating 40-50 per performance).
What if, instead of going to the theatre to watch a play, you crossed
the threshold into the world of the play to experience it? Theatre that
expands the imagination and extends the conventional boundaries of
language, structure, space and performance that challenges the
conventional notions of what theatre is. That's convergence-continuum.
Mailing Address: 2438 Scranton Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44113
*
Inquiries: (p) (216) 687-0074 (General Information) or (e)
info@convergence-continuum.org * Website:
www.convergence-continuum.org * Discount: None offered at
this time
ENSEMBLE THEATRE
Ensemble Theatre has been dedicated to bringing the classics as
well as significant contemporary plays to local audiences for the last
25 years. Ensemble Theatre has won local awards for the plays performed,
including the Northern Ohio Live Award for the 1992 production of "Trip
to Bountiful," with local actors Dorothy and Reuben Silver, as well as
one of 25 National PBS awards for Best Educational Programming for it's
"Panorama of African American Theatre" series. In addition to it's five
play season, Ensemble also offers an array of touring productions
for various high school and college audiences, as well as local clubs
and community organizations and senior centers. Ensemble now performs in
the Brooks Theatre at the Cleveland Play House and will soon hope to add
an educational facet to it's programming, offering classes to local and
surrounding communities.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 181309, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
44118
* Inquiries: (p) (216) 321-2930 (General Information) or
(e)
ensemble-theatre@sbcglobal.ney * Website:
www.ensemble-theatre.com * Discount: $5.00 off admission
price per patron
EDEN VALLEY ENTERPRISES
It's more than entertainment! Through fun and informative
programs that feature music and stories, Eden Valley gives your
audiences drama that brims with energy, humor, and fantasy and features
a magical cast of characters. Eden Valley has written programs for many
Ohio organizations including Western Reserve Historical Society, the
Steamship W.G. Mather and Roscoe Village. Programs include "Cleveland
Sings!," "Ohio Ghost Stories" and "Murder Mystery Programs."
Mailing Address: 1250 East River Street, Elyria, Ohio 44035
*
Inquiries: (p) unavailable; (e)
edenvalley@centurytel.net * Website:
www.edenvalleyenterprises.org * Discount: None offered at
this time
GREAT LAKES THEATRE FESTIVAL
Great Lakes Theatre Festival, one of America's pre-eminent regional
theater companies, brings the world's greatest plays to life each year
at the Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square Center. Cleveland's classic
theater since 1962, the mission of the Festival is to bring the
pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible
audience in Northern Ohio.
Mailing Address: 1501 Euclid Avenue, Ste. 300, Cleveland, Ohio
44115
*
Inquiries: (p) (216) 241-5490 (General Information) (e)
mail@greatlakestheater.org * Website:
www.greatlakestheater.org * Discount:
$10 off each "A Level" purchase per patron. Please quote discount 'PAL'.
Offer not valid retroactively, in conjunction with any other offer or on
student priced tickets
HEIGHTS YOUTH THEATRE
Heights Youth Theatre, a non-profit youth theatre is committed to its
mission "to entertain, educate, and inspire". Actors from 1st through
12th grade work together to mount three musicals each season. The
extraordinary artistic quality of HYT's productions have kept people
coming back for over 50 years as we serve over 7500 youth and families
each season. Heights Youth Theatre was recently named in Cleveland
Magazine's "Best of Cleveland" issue for tops in children's
theater.
Mailing Address: Wiley Middle School Auditorium 2181 Miramar
Boulevard, University Heights, Ohio 44118
(there is a different address for mail, please call for that address) *
Inquiries: (216) 556-0235 (General information) (e)
olydia78@ameritech.net * Website:
www.heightsyouththeatre.com * Discount: None offered at this time
KALLIOPE STAGE
Kalliope Stage is a professional musical theater at Cedar and Lee.
New York and Cleveland professionals come together to present classic
musicals and the very best new works under the direction of
award-winning artistic director Paul Gurgol. Everyone agrees our
five-row intimate theater is a very special "off-Broadway" experience.
The actors sing "unplugged" and you can look them straight in the eye.
Your seat is always an orchestra seat.
Mailing Address: 2134 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118
* Inquiries: (p) (216) 321-0870 (General Information) or (e)
tickets@kalliopestage.com
* Website:
www.kalliopestage.com * Discount: None offered at this time
MERCURY SUMMER STOCK
Mercury Summer Stock is a professionally based, not-for-profit,
community-supported stock theatre serving artistic and cultural needs of
the Cleveland Metropolitian area. Mercury strives to bring theatrical
talent back into the area, providing local performers opportunities to
work with theatre professionals, teaching classes, and presenting high
quality, premier or rarely performed works. Mercury Summer Stock seeks
to serve the community by entertaining, enlightening, and celebrating
the best of the human spirit through art.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 21188, Cleveland, Ohio 44121
*
Inquiries: (p) (877) 212-7185 (General Information) or (e)
mercuryss2003@aol.com *
Website:
www.mercurysummerstock.com * Discount: None offered at this time
NORTH CANTON PLAYHOUSE
The mission of the North Canton Playhouse, a charitable and educational
institution, is to provide entertainment, enrichment, education and to
encourage theatrical arts throughout the North Canton Community, Stark
County and the Northeastern Ohio area.
Mailing Address: 525 Seventh Street, N.E., North Canton 44720
* Inquiries: (p) (330) 494-1693 (General Information) or (e)
ncplayhouse@sbcglobal.net
* Website:
www.northcantonplayhouse.com * Discount: None offered at this time
NORTHEAST OHIO PERFORMING ARTS LIST (NEohioPAL)
NEohioPAL is an e-mail list service. Postings include performing arts news and
announcements from theatres, artistic directors, film companies, dance
companies, rock groups, producers, directors, playwrights, agencies,
music directors, choreographers, production managers, actors, musicians,
dancers, designers, educators and technicians. Topics include but are
not limited to: auditions, job opportunities, production openings, the
Cleveland Theatre Collective, PACT News, classes, workshops, reviews and
editorials, AEA news, SAG/AFTRA news and cut-rate or free tickets.
Mailing Address: Not available * Inquiries: (p) Not
available (e)
fredsternfeld@fredsternfeld.com * Website:
http://lists.fredsternfeld.com/mailman/listinfo/neohiopal *
Discount: None offered because this service is free
OLDE TOWN HALL THEATRE
Olde Towne Hall Theatre is a community theatre that presents four
productions a year: a youth Christmas musical, a major winter musical,
and a comedy/drama/or mystery in the fall and spring. Staged readings
of works by local playwrights and a youth summer theatre camp have also
been developed.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 39284, North Ridgeville, Ohio 44039
* Inquiries:
(p) (440) 327-2909 (General Information) or (e)
debchevy2@windstream.net * Website:
www.oldetownehalltheatre.com * Discount: None offered at this time
PLAYHOUSE SQUARE FOUNDATION
Playhouse Square Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
organization that restored and operates Playhouse Square Center, the
nation's second-largest performing arts center. The foundation's top
mission is to provide high quality performing arts and entertainment
programs to the citizens of Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, and to
support on-stage productions with leading-edge arts education programs
for people of all ages. It also strengthens the economic development of
the region by making the downtown Cleveland Theatre District a superior
location for the arts, learning, business and living.
Mailing Address: 1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 200, Cleveland,
Ohio 44115
* Inquiries: (p) (216) 771-4444 (General Information) or (e)
williamt@playhousesquare.com * Website:
www.playhousesquare.com * Discount: None offered at this time
PORTHOUSE THEATRE
Porthouse Theatre is the professional affiliate of Kent State
University's School of Theatre & Dance. The season normally consists of
two musicals and one non-musical. Actors and staff consist of
professionals and students from around the country. Located on the
scenic grounds of Blossom Music Center, Porthouse produces a three show
summer season running June - August. The theatre boasts outstanding
productions and a wonderful space to picnic before the show.
Mailing Address: B 141 Music & Speech Center, Kent, Ohio 44242
* Inquiries: (p) (800) 304-2363 (General Information) or (e)
porthouse@kent.edu * Website:
www.porthousetheatre.com * Discount: None offered at this
time
PUBLIC SQUARES
Public Squares is a non-profit, community-based theater company
which performs sketch and improvisational comedy. The company performs
regularly at the Croatian Tavern on the near east side of Cleveland, as
well as other shows throughout the Greater Cleveland area exploring
live, love, food, sex, race, sports, death politics and more.
Mailing Address: 18900 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, Ohio
44122
* Inquiries: (p) (216) 849-4089 (General Information) or (e)
contact@thepublicsquares.com * Website:
www.thepublicsquares.com * Discount: $1.00 off admission
price per patron
RED HEN PRODUCTIONS
Red Hen Productions, Cleveland's feminist theatre, creates
theatre by and about women. As cast, crew and board, Red Hen builds a
framework in which to take risks, initiate change and empower women. By
developing bridges into the community, Red Hen hopes to challenge
assumptions and demonstrate that change is possible.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 91926, Cleveland, Ohio 44101
*
Inquiries: (p) (216) 256-9668 (General Information) or (e)
feminist@feministtheatre.org * Website:
www.feministtheatre.org * Discount: $2.00 off admission price
per patron
STARK COUNTY DISTRICT LIBRARY LITTLE THEATRE TROUPE
The Little Theatre Troupe was formed in 1995 and offers an opportunity
for all children ages 4 - 14 years old to experience all aspects of
theatre. The Troupe performs twice a year. March/April and December.
Drama workshops are also held during the summer. Many productions are
from popular children's books, while others are original plays written
and directed by Carol Ann Carmack. Little Theatre is free and open to
all children. No child is turned away.
Mailing Address: 715 Market Avenue, North Canton, Ohio 44702
*
Inquiries: (p) (330) 458-3165 (General Information) or (e)
ccarmack@starklibrary.org
* Website:
www.starklibrary.org * Discount: None offered because this
program is free
STOCKER ARTS CENTER/LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Stocker Arts Center opened in 1980 as a resource for arts and humanities
in Lorain County and the Greater Cleveland area. Each year, the Center
presents several series: performing artists, student matinees, films and
gallery exhibitions. The gallery exhibitions feature a mixture of
professional community, faculty and student artists. The performances
presented include professional touring theatre, music and dance
attractions from throughout the United States and beyond.
Mailing Address: 1005 North Abbe Road, Elyria, Ohio 44035
*
Inquiries: (p) (800) 995-5222 ext. 4140 (General Information); (800)
995-5222 ext. 4040 (Box Office) or (e)
jbarlow@lorainccc.edu *
Website: www.lorainccc.edu/stocker * Discount: Based on event-by-event
basis, please call the box office for more information
TITLEWAVE THEATRE
Committed to producing quality new plays for Northeast Ohio
audiences, TITLEWave Theatre gives new plays topnotch productions and
provides audiences with acting performances that will amaze them. The
theatre seeks plays that stretch dramatic and theatrical conventions, as
well as plays that are concerned with its characters' journeys so that
they may offer audiences a unique and challenging look into the human
condition.
Mailing Address: 21934 Lake Road, Rocky River, Ohio 44116
*
Inquiries: (e)
titlewavetheatre@yahoo.com * Website:
www.titlewavetheatre.com * Discount: None offered at this
time
Tri-C PERFORMING ARTS CENTER/CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
A presenting organization of theatre, music and dance, the Tri-C
Performing Arts Center features exciting and diverse multi-cultural
programming which highlights the wide-range of established international
and regional performing arts companies and individuals. The Community
Music Program and Recording Arts and Technology (RAT) are elements of
the educational components of the Center. Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland and
partnerships with DANCECleveland and Playhouse Square Center complete
this acclaimed Series.
Mailing Address: 2900 Community College Avenue, Arts & Music
Building Room 211, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
* Inquiries: (p) (216)
987-4190 (General Information) or (e)
susan.stone@tri-c.edu
* Website:
www.tricpresents.com * Discount: $2.00 off admission price,
limit two tickets
TRUE NORTH CULTURAL ARTS
TrueNorth Cultural Arts, a multi-disciplinary arts organization, is
committed to building and strengthening individuals and the community
through the performing arts, the visual arts and the humanities.
TrueNorth's vision is two-fold: To educate, equip and empower
individuals so they can embrace and succeed in the creative arts, and to
envision and encourage a community where creative arts and art
appreciation flourish.
Mailing Address: 33491 Lake Road, Avon Lake, Ohio 44012
*
Inquiries: (p) (440) 933-7771 (General Information) or (e)
truenorth@tncarts.org *
Website:
www.tncarts.org * Discount: Mention artistschair.com
when registering for classes, making a purchase at our gallery or
attending a ticketed event and receive a free gift
WAKE UP AND LIVE ACTORS' STUDIO
WAKE UP And LIVE Actors' Studio offers a variety of programs for
actors, playwrights, directors, other performing artists and public
speakers. These programs include training, performance, production,
video services, and business and professional management services. For a
complete description of each program, please visit the WAKE UP And
LIVE Actors' Studio website at the address below.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 201524, Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
*
Inquiries: (p) (216) 561-8608 (General Information) or (e)
wakeup4664@aol.com * Website:
Unavailable * Discounts: 15% off any
service
WAYNE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Wayne Center for the Arts is a non-profit organization offering a
full line of classes in visual arts, pottery, dance, theater and music
for all ages. Their center offers a variety of workshops and lectures,
which include guest speakers, special events activities and public
professional arts demonstrations. They show various exhibitions
throughout the year off local, regional and national artists. The Wayne
Center for the Arts also holds concerts and performances such as live
music venues, Wayne Center Ballet Company performances and Children's
Chorus along with Children's and Teen's theater performances. Finally,
they offer excellent Outreach programs to communities, schools, special
needs groups and at-risk-youths.
Mailing Address: 237 South Walnut Street, Wooster, Ohio 44691
* Inquiries: (p) (330)
264-ARTS (2787) (General Information)
or (e)
waynectr@wayneartscenter.org *
Website: www.wayneartscenter.org * Discount: None offered at this time
WORKSHOP PLAYERS THEATER-IN-THE-ROUND
The mission of the Workshop Players is to welcome all
participants to balance work and play in producing high quality theatre
in an intimate space. The theatre seats 100 patrons in 2-3 rows
completely surrounding a 13' x 21' stage. At 58 seasons, the Workshop
Players is the oldest, continuously operating, arena theater in Ohio and
tends to produce main stream shows that appeal to diverse audiences. The
Workshop Players is an all volunteer organization.
Mailing Address: 44280 Middle Ridge Road, Amherst, Ohio 44001
* Inquiries: (p) (440) 988-9130 (General Information); (440)
988-5613 (Box Office) or (e)
trinskimon@yahoo.com * Website:
www.workshopplayers.com * Discount: None offered at this time
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