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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
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
. As of 2005, the artistic director of the theater company is Michael Bloom, the eighth since its inception. At 300,000 square feet, the Philip Johnson-designed Cleveland Play House complex houses five performance spaces, making it the largest regional theater complex in the United States.

Founded in 1915, it is the oldest regional theater in America.






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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
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
. As of 2005, the artistic director of the theater company is Michael Bloom, the eighth since its inception. At 300,000 square feet, the Philip Johnson-designed Cleveland Play House complex houses five performance spaces, making it the largest regional theater complex in the United States.

Founded in 1915, it is the oldest regional theater in America. An expansion designed by architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson

Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect. With his thick, round-framed glasses, Johnson was the most recognizable figure in American architecture for decades....
 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
Proscenium

A Proscenium theatre is a theatre space whose primary feature is a large archway at or near the front of the Stage , through which the audience views the Play ....
), the 312-seat Baxter stage (black box
Black box theater

The black box theater is a relatively recent innovation, consisting of a simple, somewhat unadorned performance space, usually a large square room with black walls and a flat floor....
) 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 Dobama Theater
Dobama Theater

Dobama Theatre is a Cleveland Heights, Ohio theater founded in 1959 by Donald and Marilyn Bianchi, Barry and Janet Silverman, and Mark Silverberg....
, Ensemble Theater, and Cleveland Signstage Theater.

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The Playwrights' Unit

The director of new play development is Seth Gordon. Members of the Playwrights' unit are:
  • Eric Coble
    Eric Coble

    Eric Coble is a playwright and screenwriter. He is a member of the Playwrights' Unit of the Cleveland Play House.Eric Coble was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and bred on the Navajo and Ute reservations in New Mexico and Colorado....
  • Nina Domingue
  • David Hansen
    David Hansen

    David Hansen can refer to:*David Hansen *Dave Hansen, state senator from Wisconsin*Dave Hansen , former Major League Baseball third baseman...
  • Margaret Lynch
  • Deborah Magid
  • Michael Oatman
  • Sandra Perlman
  • Eric Schmiedl
  • Faye Sholiton


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