Explore the 2022-23 Season

View our current season line-up, with shows at off-site locations, the Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre and the grand opening of Moe and Jack's Place — The Rouse Theatre!

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Join us for a summer of magic!

Playhouse Summer Theatre Camps and Performance Academies are now on sale! Have fun and learn theatre skills as we take our imaginations to great heights, create fantastical characters, enact our exploits, and so much more.

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Special Events

Check out our new Special Events page for details on upcoming events from our Resident Artists and Arts and Culture Incubator partners.

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Arts and Culture Incubator

Introducing the Arts and Culture Incubator! Beginning this spring, we’ll share our new Mainstage Theatre complex with organizations and artists that serve our region through artistic and cultural work. Learn more about how we’ll collaborate in our spaces and meet our inaugural program partners. 

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About the Playhouse

Our Mission

We are Cincinnati's national theatre – committed to bringing diverse, engaging works of great artistry to our community, and to putting Cincinnati's artistic excellence in the national spotlight.

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We're Hiring!

Help us bring theatre to life! Full-time and part-time roles are open in both production and administration. Visit the employment page and apply to join our team!

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

Learn more about our ongoing DEIA commitments and action items.

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Listen to a Pod Play

Listen to an audio play, outdoors, for free! Follow the story through locations in Cincinnati as the story unfolds!

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Investing in New Stories

“When you have the resources to invest in new playwrights and new stories – and we do – then doing productions like this becomes your responsibility to the art form.” Read about our commissions and the Jerome Fey Endowment for New Plays.

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Join Our E-List

The feeling you get watching a live show is absolutely electric. Sign up for our email list to get all our updates, straight to your inbox.

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How You Can Help

Make An Impact

As a non-profit organization, ticket sales do not cover the costs of our productions and mission-driven work. Generous donations from people like you help build sets, purchase props, bring top talent to Cincinnati, and bring theatre to kids and community centers across the Tristate.

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Help us Build a New Theatre

We're building a new, state-of-the-art Mainstage Theatre Complex, featuring Moe and Jack's Place –  The Rouse Theatre, set to open March 2023. Learn more about this exciting project and how you can get involved today!

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Join Leading Ladies

Leading Ladies is returning to in-person events next season! Get a backstage pass to exclusive and exciting "girls' night out" events; meet incredible professionals in the theatre; and so much more!

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Photo of William DeMeritt by ClintonBPhotography. Photos of summer camp, the cast of A Christmas Carol, the cast of Native Gardens, the cast of The Revolutionists and the cast of Million Dollar Quartet by Mikki Schaffner. Renderings of Moe and Jack's Place – The Rouse Theatre by BHDP.