Cleveland Play House
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The Cleveland Play House is a regional theater company and also the name of a theater complex in the Fairfax neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. As of 2005, the artistic director of the theater company is Michael Bloom, the eighth since its inception.
Founded in 1915, it is the oldest regional theater in America. An expansion designed by architect Philip Johnson was added in 1983. The complex consists of the 548-seat Bolton Theatre, the 505-seat Drury Theatre, the 138-seat Brooks Theatre (all three proscenium), the 312-seat Baxter stage (black box) that makes use of the Bolton's main stage, and a 120 seat black box theater named Studio One.
In addition to producing new and classic works, the Play House rents its spaces to various Cleveland companies, including Lyric Opera Cleveland, Dobama Theater, Ensemble Theater, and Cleveland Signstage Theater.
Its regular 2005 season includes A Streetcar Named Desire, a staged version of A Christmas Story, Dream A Little Dream and I Am My Own Wife, as well as three children's shows.
[edit] The Playwrights' Unit
The director of new play development is Seth Gordon. Members of the Playwrights' unit are:
- Eric Coble
- Nina Domingue
- Linda Eisenstein
- Margaret Lynch
- Sandra Perlman
- Eric Schmiedl
- Michael Sepesy
- Faye Sholiton
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