Cleveland Public Theatre
Designation: Professional
Average Ticket Prices: $12 - $50
Phone: (216) 631-2727
Performance Address:
Cleveland Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44102
Mission Statement
Cleveland Public Theatre’s mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances and life-changing education programs. CPT develops new, adventurous work; and nurtures Northeastern Ohio artists—particularly those whose work is inventive, intelligent, and socially conscious. CPT’s acclaimed education programs engage communities in devising new works that speak to contemporary issues, and empower participants to work for positive change in our community.
Current and Upcoming Shows
not-for-profit (or the equity, diversity and inclusion play)
October 24 - November 9, 2024
The Outstretched Hand
November 7 - 10, 2024
The Elephant in the Room
November 14 - 17, 2024
The Black Rose Xperience by Church of Starry Wisdom
December 5 - 8, 2024
Tease the Season: A Burlesque Holiday Spectacular (Part Deux)
December 12 - 15, 2024
The Light of Kinara: A Kwanzaa Celebration
December 19 - 22, 2024
Previously Produced Shows
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
October 8 - 25, 2015
¿Dónde Está My Home?
October 22 - 24, 2015
The Loush Sisters Love Dick'ns: Great Expectations
November 27 - December 19, 2015
The Santaland Diaries
November 27 - December 20, 2015
Feefer Rising
December 3 - 19, 2015
Incendieries
January 7 - 23, 2016
Frankenstein's Wake
January 7 - 30, 2016
Mr. Burns - A Post-Electric Play
February 11 - March 5, 2016
Uz, El Pueblo
March 10 - 19, 2016
Wrestling Jerusalem
May 5 - 22, 2016
Lines in the Dust
June 2 - 18, 2016
Red Ash Mosaic
June 3 - 12, 2016
STEP: Awakening Heart
August 2 - 12, 2016
Pandemonium 2016: The Fire Within
September 10, 2016
44 Plays for 44 Presidents
October 6 - 29, 2016
¡Celebrando Three Years!
October 6 - 8, 2016
Y-Haven Theatre Project: Reaching Back
November 3 - 12
Light The Lights, Ol' Moses Cle! (A Wild Holiday Romp)
November 25 - December 18, 2016
The Santaland Diaries
December 1 - 18, 2016
Entry Point
January 20 - 22, 2017
I Call My Brothers
February 9 - March 4, 2017
Barbecue
February 16 - March 11, 2017
Test Flight: OMENA
March 23 - 25, 2017
Test Flight: I Went Down To The Water and Found Myselfie There and Neither There, Nor Here
March 30 - April 1, 2017
Test Flight: Noonday
April 6 - 8, 2017
Labio de Liebre (The Lip of the Hare)
April 6 - 15, 2017
Test Flight: The Tongue That Tells Me So
April 13 - 15, 2017
Fayettenam and The Black Card Project
April 20 - 22, 2017
Red Ash Mosaic
May 25 - June 17, 2017
Pandemonium 2017: Unleash
September 9, 2017
Teatro Publico de Cleveland New Play Festival
October 5 - 7, 2017
The Family Claxon
October 5 - 28, 2017
The Arts of Longing
October 26 - November 18, 2017
Y-Haven Theatre Project
November 2 - 5, 2017
The Loush Sisters Get Hard for the Holidays (Yippie-Kai-Yay Mother-Loushers)
November 24 - December 17, 2017
The Santaland Diaries
December 6 - 17, 2017
Entry Point
January 18 - 21, 2017
How To End Poverty in 90 Minutes
January 24 - 28, 2018
American Dreams
February 8 - March 3, 2018
En El Tiempo de las Mariposas/In The Time of the Butterflies
February 22 - March 10, 2018
Test Flight: Everything is Okay (An Other Helpful Lies)
March 22 - 24, 2018
Test Flight: Set Fire and Start Again & The Judge
March 29 - 31, 2018
Test Flight: Configurations of a Divine Bitch & Milkdrunk
April 5 - 7, 2018
Test Flight: Tale of a Jiminirising
April 12 - 14, 2018
Br'er Cotton
March 29 - April 21, 2018
Test Flight: Odysseus Unraveled
April 19 - 21, 2018
Station Hope 2018
Saturday, May 5, 2018
Danceworks 2018
May 17 - June 9, 2018
¡Obras En Evolución!
October 4 - 6, 2018
Ya Mama!
October 11 - 27, 2018
Everything is Okay (And Other Helpful Lies)
October 20 - November 10, 2018
Outside the Mirror
November 8 - 11, 2018
Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant: A Snowball's Chance
November 29 - December 22, 2018
Entry Point
January 17 - 19, 2019
Fire On The Water
February 9 - March 2, 2019
La Gringa
February 14 - March 2, 2019
Test Flight: How Blood Go
March 21 - 23, 2019
Test Flight: Emergence
March 28 - 30, 2019
Test Flight: Sorry Doesn't Sweeten Her Tea & Cleopatra Boy
April 4 - 6, 2019
Gloria
March 23 - April 13, 2019
Test Flight: Zoodiac & Dividual
April 11 - 13, 2019
Test Flight: To Be Healthy
April 18 - 20, 2019
Dream of Home
April 26 - 27, 2019
Central Concern
May 18 - June 8, 2019
Pandemonium 2019: Alchemy
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Rastus and Hattie
October 5 - 26, 2019
Y-Haven Theatre Project: Father's Watch
November 7 - 10, 2019
The Loush Sisters Love Dick'ns: Oops!... They Did It Again
November 21 - December 21, 2019
A Xmas Cuento Remix
December 5 - 21, 2019
Entry Point
January 23 - 25, 2019
And Then We Met
February 13 - 16, 2020
Breakout Session (Or Frogorse)
February 22 - March 14, 2020
Marisol
March 5 - 21, 2020
Tale of a Gemini (Jimini) Rising: Black Lives Matter Edition
June 18 - 20, 2020 (Online)
Savory Taṇhā (sixteen short plays performed by a rotating ensemble)
July 9 - 11, 2020 (Online)
Awakenings: A Virtual Gala
Saturday, September 12, 2020 (Online and TV)
Frankenstein's Wake
October 30 - November 20, 2020 (Online)
...Or Does it Explode?
November 6 - 21, 2020 (Online)
The Loush Sisters Pay Per View (Buffer This!)
November 27 - December 19, 2020 (Online)
Dream of Home
December 16th, 2020 (Online)
...Or Does It Explode?
February 11 - 13, 2021 (Online)
Savory Taṇhā (sixteen short plays performed by a rotating ensemble)
February 17 - March 6, 2021 (Online)
Dragon Hypothesis
February 24 - March 7, 2021 (Online)
Crossroads to Hope: Scenes of Decision
March 19 - 21, 2021 (Online)
Test Flight: Van Sonata
March 25 - 26, 2021 (Online)
Test Flight: Bedroom Culture, a virtual adaptation
April 1 - 2, 2021 (Online)
Test Flight: Our Lady of Common Sorrows
April 8 - 9, 2021 (Online)
Test Flight: Live Forever
April 15 - 16, 2021 (Online)
STEP Performance
April 23 - 24, 2021 (Online)
Station Hope 2021
Saturday, May 1, 2021 (Online)
Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation
July 1 - 11, 2021
The Kardiac Kid
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Teatro Público de Cleveland
July 16 - 18, 2021
Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi
July 23 - 25, 2021
Student Theatre Enrichment Program
July 29 - August 7, 2021
Black Women & Femmes: A Lineage of Language
Friday, July 30, 2021
12,000 Steps
November 18 - 21, 2021
10 Minutes to Midnight: 9 Quirky Plays for the Holidays
December 2 - 18, 2021
Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation
February 4 - 26, 2022
Test Flight: The Witches
March 3 - 5, 2022
Test Flight: Bedroom Culture
March 10 - 12, 2022
Test Flight: Speak Easy
March 17 - 19, 2022
The River Bride
March 17 - April 1, 2022
The Absolutely Amazing and True Adventures of Ms. Joan Evelyn Southgate
April 22 - May 14, 2022
Candlelight Hypothesis (Workshop)
April 29 - May 21, 2022
Station Hope
Saturday, May 28th, 2022
Pandemonium 2022: The Doors of Imagination
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Candlelight Hypothesis
October 6 - October 29, 2022
Breakout Session (or Frogorse)
October 20 - November 12, 2022
How The Circus Stole Christmas: A Circus Holiday Extravaganza!
December 1 - 11, 2022
Test Flight: Our Lady of Common Sorrows
January 19 - 21, 2023
Test Flight: Showin' Up Black
January 26 - 28, 2023
In Our Wake
January 26 - 29, 2023
Test Flight: Alter
February 9 - 11, 2023
Test Flight: Anna of Mariupol & Gray Space
February 16 - 18, 2023
Test Flight: Jacket of Blue
February 23 - 25, 2023
can i touch it?
April 20 - May 13, 2023
Station Hope
Saturday, May 27, 2023
Pandemonium 2023: Into the Depths
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Reverie Oracle
September 22 - 23, 2023
Our Lady of Common Sorrows
October 19 - November 4, 2023
The Outstretched Hand
November 15 - 19, 2023
Debut de Piezas Teatrales: Festival de Lectura
November 30 - December 3, 2023
Tease the Season: A Holiday Burlesque Spectacular
December 7 - 10, 2023
Buried Words, Seeds of Hope
Friday, December 15, 2023
Troubled Waters: Y-Haven Theatre Project
January 25 - 28, 2024
Alter
February 8 - 24, 2024
Eyes of the Bridge
March 7 - 9, 2024
Requiem
March 14 - April 6, 2024
Temptation of Adam
March 14 - 26, 2024
How to Live in a House on Fire
March 21 - 23, 2024
Tales of a Fat Man
March 28 - 30, 2024
Funny, Like an Abortion
April 25 - May 11, 2024
Pandemonium 2024: In The Garden of Shadow and Delight
Saturday, September 7, 2024