Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

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Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
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Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
AddressCincinnati
United States
Coordinates 39°6′40.42″N84°29′51.88″W / 39.1112278°N 84.4977444°W / 39.1112278; -84.4977444
Genre(s)Theatre
OpenedOctober 10, 1960;64 years ago (1960-10-10)
Website
cincyplay.com

The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is a regional theatre in the United States. It was founded in 1959 by college student Gerald Covell and was one of the first regional theatres in the United States. Located in Eden Park, the first play that premiered at the Playhouse on October 10, 1960, was Meyer Levin's Compulsion. [1] The Playhouse has gained a regional and national reputation for bringing prominent plays to Cincinnati and for hosting national premieres such as Tennessee Williams' The Notebook of Trigorin in 1996 [2] and world premieres such as the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Coyote on a Fence in 1998 [2] [3] and Ace in 2006. [2]

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The Playhouse facility comprises two theatres, the larger Robert S. Marx Theatre and the smaller Shelterhouse. The Playhouse is among the members of the League of Resident Theatres. In addition to a full ten-month season of plays, the Playhouse also offers acting classes and programs for children.

In 1973-1975, the Playhouse was the first professional regional theatre to be led by Harold Scott, an early leader of the regional theatre movement. [4] Scott was followed by Michael Murray, who was artistic director at the Playhouse until 1985.

The Cincinnati Playhouse was under the leadership of Edward Stern (Producing Artistic Director) and Buzz Ward (Executive Director) between 1992 and 2012. Ward had come to the Playhouse from Yale University, where he had led the Yale Repertory Theatre in the late 1980s. In 2012, Blake Robison became artistic director and Buzz Ward was promoted to managing director. [1] In the summer of 2021, Ward retired. [5]

Awards

In 2004, the Playhouse received a Tony Award for Best Regional Theatre. In 2007, the Playhouse received a second Tony Award for their revival of Company, which won Best Revival of a Musical. [6] The production was directed by John Doyle and also won Drama Desk, Outer Critic's Circle and Drama League Awards for Best Revival of a Musical.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Explore Our History". cincyplay.com. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Production History". cincyplay.com. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ Graham, Bruce (2000). Coyote on the Fence. Dramatis Play Services Inc. ISBN   9780822217381 . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "A Brief History of the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park". Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. 2008. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Lyman, David (26 September 2020). "Playhouse's managing director stepping down". Cincinnati Enquirer. pp. A6.
  6. ↑ "Search Past Winners". tonyawards.com. Tony Award Productions. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
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