Cleveland State University
Designation: College
Average Ticket Prices: $5 - $20
Phone: (216) 241-6000
Performance Address:
Allen Theater Complex
1407 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
Cleveland State University's Theatre program has a partnership with The Cleveland Play House. The shows take place in the Allen Theater Complex at Playhouse Square.
Mission Statement
Theatre at Cleveland State University is dedicated to producing educated citizens who have identified theatre as their primary academic and vocational focus. The theatre is among the oldest documented venues for human expression and has been a powerful medium in practically every culture to explore religious beliefs, shape communal viewpoints, question authoritarian behavior, support or subvert public opinion, and provide an imaginative escape from daily routine. Given this rich and diverse legacy, we believe that the theatre and its practitioners bear a responsibility to keep, and in many cases reinvigorate, the theatre as a vital communicative tool in the community. It is our goal that our graduating students will have the necessary qualifications to enter the profession or pursue graduate work at the program of their choice. We are determined that the foundational theatre experiences on the undergraduate level shall provide a valid educational basis for a myriad of eventual careers. Accordingly, our students will focus on the theatre within the context of a strong liberal arts education. Within the theatre major itself, the student will receive rigorous training specializing in either theatre performance or the design/technical fields. This practicum training will be accomplished in tandem with a thorough grounding in the history, literature, theory and social contexts of theatrical production. With this broad-based approach, our students will have the foundational education and training for traditional choices such as acting, directing, design and technical support, as well as such ancillary fields as dramaturgy, criticism, drama therapy, marketing, facilities coordination, arts advocacy, marketing and education, among others. With this springboard, our students will have the training and education to actively and positively contribute to the theatre and their communities.
Current and Upcoming Shows
Fairview
February 20 - March 2, 2025
Previously Produced Shows
Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl
April 16 - 26, 2015
Ubu Roi
November 5 - 15, 2015
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
February 25 - March 6, 2016
Blood Wedding
April 7 - 17, 2016
Avenue Q
October 27 - November 6, 2016
Romeo and Juliet
March 2 - 12, 2017
Crossing Borders: Immigrant Narratives
Produced by Literary Cleveland
March 18 - 19, 2017
A Streetcar Named Desire
April 20 - 30, 2017
Company
October 26 - November 5, 2017
Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World
February 22 - March 4, 2018
Marat/Sade
April 5 - 15, 2018
Violet
November 8 - 18, 2018
The Importance of Being Earnest
February 21 - March 3, 2019
The Tree of Oedipus
April 4 - 14, 2019
Into the Woods
October 24 - November 3, 2019
Polaroid Stories
November 22 - 23, 2019
The Real Inspector Hound
February 27 - March 8, 2020
Late, A Cowboy Song
November 19 - 20, 2021
She Loves Me
February 24 - March 6, 2022
The Gentle Villainy of Richard III, Troubler of the Poor World's Peace
April 21 - May 1, 2022
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
November 3 - 13, 2022
The Skin of Our Teeth
February 23 - March 5, 2023
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
April 20 - 30, 2023
Avenue Q
November 2 - 12, 2023
Ancestra
February 22 - March 3, 2024
The Aliens
April 4 - 14, 2024
Urinetown
October 31 - November 10, 2024
The Lady from the Sea
December 5 - 8, 2024