Our Touring Company delivers professional theatre right to your school! Each play is selected for a specific age range, so please read the descriptions thoroughly before making your selection. We are happy to discuss with you which play is best suited for your students.
We provide a range of resources to help prepare your students for the show and to connect the experience to your curriculum. These include:
All Playhouse touring plays address grade-level appropriate, state academic standards in English, language arts, fine arts, health and wellness, and arts and humanities. They are performed by professional actors.
Extend your learning, bring a pre- or post-show workshop or residency to your school!
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Registration for the 2025-26 Outreach Touring Plays is now open! Click on the shows below to explore options for booking each play for your school, or click the button below to book a show.
Meet Sam and Pig, your two avatars in this video game-inspired show about overcoming anxiety. Sam is intelligent, anxious and armed with a book. Pig is goofy, distracted and armed with a rubber chicken. Join Sam and Pig on a journey through the video game “Zombie Thoughts” as the audience controls the game in this interactive adventure! As they complete the levels, Pig and the players in the audience help Sam overcome anxiety by defeating the monsters and trials the game throws in their way. Zombie Thoughts is a game-changer for talking to kids about feelings in a way they’ll find fun and wholly entertaining!
Zombie Thoughts has been reviewed and endorsed by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Behavioral Analyst for its depiction of and treatment suggestions for Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
A fresh adaptation of the one of the world’s best-known fables! Does slow and steady really win the race? Hare believes that speed is the way to win, while Tortoise believes that consistency is the key. Even though they have been pitted against each other for centuries, Tortoise and Hare will find that the only way to win the race is to work together, using their individual character strengths and teamwork to overcome the obstacles and challenges in their way. This new play with music puts a contemporary spin on a heartwarming and gripping tale for audiences of all ages.
Each show runs approximately 45 to 60 minutes and includes a post-show discussion with behind-the-scenes details on the creation of the play and grade-appropriate conversation of the themes. We provide resources to help prepare your students for the show,
including copies of the play script. All touring plays address grade-level appropriate, state academic standards in English, language arts, fine arts, health and wellness, and arts and humanities.
You can reach out to our Education and Engagement Coordinator, Ariana Hooberman-Piñeiro at Ariana.Hooberman.Pineiro@cincyplay.com with any questions about purchasing.
Through generous grants, we are able to offer these productions for $500. We have a limited number of subsidies for Title 1 schools.
All tours are available in the morning or afternoon, Tuesday through Friday. Each show runs approximately 45 to 60 minutes and is followed by a Q&A session with the cast, if time allows.
Our touring productions can perform in almost any large space, from auditoriums and gymnasiums to cafeterias. We require a minimum space of 20 feet wide by 20 feet deep to set up our production (including backstage space) and minimum ceiling height of
9 feet. Please allow one hour of set-up time and one hour of breakdown time in the space.
Because of the informal nature of most school performance spaces and the intimacy of live theatre, we prefer to have audiences no greater than 350 students. A second performance will be required if desire attendees exceed 350 students. If the audience size is greater than can fit into two performances, we can potentially accommodate three performances at one school in a day in some circumstances. Please contact Education and Engagement Coordinator, Ariana Hooberman-Piñeiro at Ariana.Hooberman.Pineiro@cincyplay.com for more information.
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Photo of Austin Vega and Sephyrah Martin in the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Off the Hill production of Tomás and the Library Lady. Photo by Mikki Schaffner.
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