Karamu House
Designation: Professional
Average Ticket Prices: $20 - $45
Phone: (216) 795-7070
Performance Address:
Karamu House
2355 East 89th Street
Cleveland, OH 44106
Mission Statement
The mission of Karamu House is to produce professional theatre, provide arts education, and present community programs for all people while honoring the African-American experience. Our vision is to be a premier professional theatre producing socially-relevant entertainment, while delivering innovative, culturally responsive arts education programs and services for life-long learners.
Current and Upcoming Shows
Purlie Victorious
September 26 - October 20, 2024
Black Nativity
November 30 - December 15, 2024
Weathering
March 7 - 30, 2025
Choir Boy
April 25 - May 18, 2025
Previously Produced Shows
The Wiz
May 29 - June 21, 2015
Julius Casar Set in Africa
August 1 - 16, 2015
Dreamgirls
September 17 - October 11, 2015
Black Nativity
December 4 - 27, 2015
Detroit '67
February 5 - 28, 2016
God's Trombones
April 29 - May 22, 2016
Blues in the Night
September 9 - October 2, 2016
Rasheeda Speaking
November 4 - 20, 2016
Sister Act
December 2 - 30, 2016
Repairing a Nation
February 9 - 26, 2017
You Can't Take It With You
April 20 - May 7, 2017
SImply Simone
September 14 - October 8, 2017
The Lake Effect
November 2 - 26, 2017
A Holiday Jazz Revue at Karamu
December 1 - 17, 2017
Sassy Mamas
February 2 - 25, 2018
The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God
March 16 - April 8, 2018
Passing Strange
May 10 - June 3, 2018
Letters From Zora
June 14 - 24, 2018
SImply Simone
July 18 - August 5, 2018
Day of Absence
October 25 - November 18, 2018
Black Nativity
November 29 - December 30, 2018
Two by Tens
February 14 - March 10, 2019
The Velocity of Autumn
March 28 - April 21, 2019
Aida
May 23 - June 16, 2019
Paradise Blue
September 26 - October 20, 2019
Rasheeda Speaking
October 31 - November 24, 2019
Black Nativity
December 5 - December 29, 2019
Sassy Mamas
January 30 - February 23, 2020
Freedom on Juneteenth
Friday, June 19, 2020 (Online)
Infinite Hope
January 18 - 24, 2021 (Online)
The Impact of Shuffle Along
February 1 - 28, 2021 (Online)
Greenwood: An American Dream Destroyed
June 17 - July 11, 2021
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
October 7 - 31, 2021
Black Nativity
December 2 - 24, 2021
The Mountaintop
February 11 - March 6, 2022
American Moor
May 6 - 29, 2022
Red Summer
February 24 - March 5, 2023
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
April 21 - May 14, 2023
Clyde's
September 22 - October 15, 2023
Black Nativity
December 1 - 16, 2023
The Breakfast at the Bookstore
January 26 - February 18, 2024
It Happened In Atlanta
March 8 - 30, 2024