Rubber City Theatre

Designation: Professional

Average Ticket Prices: $10 - $25

Phone: (234) 252-0272

Performance Address:
Rubber City Theatre
243 Furnace St.
Akron, OH 44304

Mission Statement

Rubber City Theatre’s mission is to bring affordable and professional theatre to the Akron area. Through the use of our PAY-AS-YOU-LIKE-IT program we provide opportunities to see professional theatre for free for all ages. With Shakespeare and literary classics as our cornerstone, we strive to inspire the next generation of theatergoers and performers.

Current and Upcoming Shows

Freaky Friday
July 12 - August 3

Previously Produced Shows

Macbeth
October 2 - 18, 2015

The Twelve Dates of Christmas
December 4 - 19, 2015

Aida
February 12 - 28, 2016

The Comedy of Errors
April 1 - 17, 2016

Women Beware Women
May 27 - June 12, 2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream
August 12 - 28, 2016

A Christmas Carol
December 2 - 18, 2016

Cymbeline
February 10 - 26, 2017

The Shakespeare Revue and Annual Gala
Friday, March 17, 2017

Julius Caesar
April 7 - 23, 2017

Lear
June 2 - 18, 2017

Pippin
August 11 - 27, 2017

Hamlet
October 6 - 22, 2017

Godspell
November 9 - 19, 2017

A Christmas Carol
December 1 - 23, 2017

Twelfth Night
February 9 - 25, 2018

Equivocation
April 6 - 15, 2018

The Crucible
June 8 - 24, 2018

Annie
July 26 - August 5, 2018

A Streetcar Named Desire
October 12 - 28, 2018

A Christmas Carol
November 30 - December 23, 2018

Shakesqueer Project: Play (Reading)
December 7 & 15, 2018

Guys and Dolls
February 15 - March 3, 2019

Romeo and Juliet
April 12 - 28, 2019

Shakesqueer Project: Tame
June 7 - 23, 2019

Seussical TYA
July 26 - August 10, 2019

The Revolutionists
September 6 - 22, 2019

Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure
October 25 - November 10, 2019

A Christmas Carol
December 6 - 22, 2019

On The Line: A New Musical (Workshop)
January 24 - 26, 2020

Love's Labour's Lost
March 6 - 22, 2020

A Christmas Carol
December 12 - 20, 2020

On The Line: A New Musical
Saturday, June 5, 2021

Into the Woods
August 5 - 8, 2021

Nothing to See Here (Reading)
August 20 - 21, 2021

Wishful Thinking (Reading)
August 27 - 28, 2021

Heartbreakers in Hell
October 1 - 16, 2021

Love In Reserve
November 5 - 20, 2021

Athena
(Co-Produced with The University of Akron)
February 4 - 12, 2022

Willy Wonka KIDS
March 25 - 26, 2022

Macbeth
(Co-Produced with The University of Akron)
April 22 - 24, 2022

Enemy of the People
May 6 - 21, 2022

Junie B. Jones Jr. The Musical
July 29 - 30, 2022

The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical
August 5 - 13, 2022

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
September 2 - 17, 2022

The Agitators
October 14 - 29, 2022

Annie Jr.
November 10 - 12, 2022

White Christmas
December 22 - 23, 2022

What's Wrong With Me??
April 21 - 29, 2023

Matilda: The Musical
June 9 - 11, 2023

Anything Goes
July 21 - 23, 2023

Baron of Brown Street
September 8 - 16, 2023

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Jr.
December 8 - 10, 2023

White Christmas
December 21 - 23, 2023

Little Shop of Horrors
June 12 - 29