Cleveland Play House

The Cleveland Play House is a prestigious regional theater, founded in 1915 in the United Staatenin Cleveland ( Ohio).

History

Until the early 20th century there were in Cleveland, Ohio just cheap Amüsiertheater without artistic ambition. However, the second decade of the 20th century was rich in cultural initiatives in the emerging industrial town were at that time including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the, the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Cleveland Orchestra founded. A group of eight patrons, among them the entrepreneur and writer Charles Stephen Brooks (1878 - 1934) and his wife Minerva wanted to create on the theater sector Remedy and give serious current pieces a chance. Cleveland Playhouse found its first home in one of the industrialist Francis Edson Drury (1850 - 1932) donated house at the corner of East 85th and Euclid Avenue.

1927 a home for the Brooks Theatre and the Drury Theatre was built. 1949 an earlier church rebuilt in the 77th Street Theatre, but closed again in the 1980s. At that time, CPH acquired the Sears Building, a former department store and had it rebuilt by the architect Philip Johnson. CPH 2009 went into partnership with Playhouse Square and Cleveland State University to create a new theater group. Since 2011, the Allen Theatre, which was dismantled by a Besucherkapazizät of 2,500 people at 500 locations, the home of the CPH.