Cleveland Play House

Cleveland Play House Launches Its 2026‑27 Season: Timeless Stories, Thrilling Theatre

Featuring two classic American musicals, a world-premiere play for multigenerational audiences, a sparkling Noël Coward romantic comedy, and a riveting co-production with Indiana Repertory Theatre! CPH is also launching a new play spearheaded by the CPH Education Department as part of its “Stories That Matter” initiative, and two dynamic productions from the Case Western Reserve/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program that will be announced soon.

Private Lives October 24 – November 22, 2026 Outcalt Theatre – Noël Coward’s sparkling romantic comedy of love, ego, and irresistible attraction.

Annie November 28 – December 27, 2026 Allen Theatre – The beloved musical bursting with hope, heart, and timeless songs like “Tomorrow.”

The Da Vinci Code January 30 – February 21 – 2027 Allen Theatre – Dan Brown’s international thriller brought to life on stage in a pulse‑pounding theatrical experience.

Working: A Musical April 3 – May 2, 2027 Outcalt Theatre – A Cleveland‑inspired celebration of everyday people whose stories and songs form the heartbeat of a city.

Season subscriptions are on sale now at clevelandplayhouse.com. Follow Cleveland Play House for casting news, and other exciting updates coming soon and throughout the season.

Cleveland Play House is proud to present the 2026 New Ground Theatre Festival June 12, 13, and 14 in the Outcalt Theatre at Playhouse Square.

Every year, Cleveland Play House celebrates the art of playwriting by inviting actors, directors, and dramaturgs to workshop new plays, offer insights to the visiting playwrights, and inspire the next phase of the scripts’ development.

The most exciting part of this festival is hearing an audience respond to a new play being read aloud for the first time — with laughter, tears, gasps, and applause.

Here is this year's line-up:

The Untitled Navarro Sisters Play
Written by Sandra Delgado
A CPH Roe Green Commission
Friday June 12 7:30PM

This commission for the festival, written by Sandra Delgado, is a play with music inspired by the lives of the Navarro sisters, a singing quartet, originally from Panama, who in the 1920s made their new home Chicago and shared their music there. The play will feature music with both Spanish and English language songs from the 1920s and will include popular songs of the time, as well as feature the theme song of the radio show the sisters sang on every week. The music will be woven into the scenes and text to carry the story and share with the audience who these women were through their art.

The Goldsmith
Written and performed by Sharone Sayegh
Directed by Zachary Prince
Saturday, June 13 at 2:00 PM and Sunday, June 14 at 2:00 PM.

Stemming from Broadway Actress Sharone Sayegh’s true family’s journey, The Goldsmith is a treasury of stories woven through the golden jewelry passed down in her family, across borders, cultures, and generations. Each piece of jewelry takes us further along her family’s journey from Iraq to Israel, and then to America, where Sharone grapples for love as a first- generation Iraqi, Israeli, American. As she wrestles with identity, belonging, multiplicity of self, and acceptance, this solo play moves, surprises, and inspires the audience to investigate the stories and legacies with which we adorn ourselves throughout our lives.

Sister Chemistry
by Jeannie Affelder and Maggie Cain
Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 PM

Sister Chemistry is a story of two pairs of sisters: Amy and Carrie in 1995 Cleveland, Ohio; and Manya and Bronya in 1885 Warsaw, Poland. Each pair navigates sibling relationships, aging parents, careers in science, and balancing commitments to themselves and their sisters. Their paths weave across the kitchen as the characters learn from each other across time. The playwrights, sisters and actors in Chicago, got their start at the Cleveland Play House Youtheatre.

🥂Cheers to the brand new musical Freak The Mighty!

Join us for Wine Down Wednesday on Wednesday, June 3 from 6pm–7pm at Parnell's Pub At Playhouse Square in Playhouse Square before the 7:30pm world premiere performance of Freak The Mighty!

Connect with fellow theatre lovers while you sip on your favorite drink before an unforgettable evening celebrating friendship, adventure, and this exciting new musical.

Use promo code WDW to get your ticket for just $45. Your ticket includes:
• One complimentary drink (up to a $10 value)
• Admission to the 7:30pm performance of Freak The Mighty

Tickets available here: https://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/shows/2025/freak-the-mighty

Must be 21+ to purchase tickets. Please drink responsibly!