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2025-26 Season

Our 2025-26 season promises to inspire, entertain, celebrate our differences, and lift up our shared humanity. It features stories that feel familiar, that stand the test of time and that are fresh and contemporary. The lineup truly embodies the Playhouse’s mission to bring diverse, engaging works of great artistry to our community and to put Cincinnati's artistic excellence in the national spotlight.


UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS


Where the Mountain Meets the Sea

  • Written by JEFF AUGUSTIN
  • Music by THE BENGSONS
  • Directed by TIMOTHY DOUGLAS

  • Aug. 30 – Sept. 28, 2025

  • ROSENTHAL SHELTERHOUSE THEATRE

Lyrical storytelling and live folk music weave an emotional tale of rediscovering love and the everlasting bond between a son and his Haitian immigrant father.

MC and Tom Brennan and
The David C. Herriman Fund of Greater Cincinnati Foundation present

Mythic

  • Book and Lyrics by MARCUS STEVENS
  • Music by ORAN ELDOR
  • By Special Arrangement with SHO PRODUCTIONS / SHOSHANA KOVAC PARETS
  • Directed and Choreographed by KATHLEEN MARSHALL

  • Sept. 20 – Oct. 19, 2025

  • MOE AND JACK'S PLACE — THE ROUSE THEATRE

A new pop-rock musical comedy with Broadway ambitions, Mythic turns the Greek myth of Persephone on its ear and is directed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall.

The Heart Sellers

  • By LLOYD SUH
  • Directed by DESDEMONA CHIANG

  • Oct. 25 – Nov. 23, 2025

  • ROSENTHAL SHELTERHOUSE THEATRE

In this funny and moving new comedy, Asian immigrants Luna and Jane find friendship while preparing a turkey for their first American Thanksgiving in 1973.

FIRST FINANCIAL BANK presents

A Christmas Carol

  • By CHARLES DICKENS
  • Adapted and Originally Directed by BLAKE ROBISON
  • Directed by BRIDGET LEAK

  • Nov. 21 – Dec. 28, 2025

  • MOE AND JACK'S PLACE — THE ROUSE THEATRE

The holiday story you love unfolds with dazzling set, costume and lighting designs to create a magical experience for your family!

LINDA AND GARY GREENBERG present

Because You're Mine

  • Created by MATT CUSACK and ALLISON KELLY

  • Dec. 3 – Dec. 23, 2025

  • ROSENTHAL SHELTERHOUSE THEATRE

A celebration of the great loves and love songs of country music featuring songs from Johnny and June, George and Tammy and so many more!

 Fifth Third Bank presents

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S
Little Women

  • Adapted by LAUREN M. GUNDERSON
  • From the novel by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
  • Directed by JOANIE SCHULTZ
  • Co-produced with PORTLAND CENTER STAGE

  • Jan. 17 – Feb. 15, 2026

  • MOE AND JACK'S PLACE — THE ROUSE THEATRE

Experience the classic novel you adore as it’s being written in this playful and theatrical new adaptation that puts the author in the spotlight.

Mary's Wedding

  • By STEPHEN MASSICOTTE
  • Directed by BLAKE ROBISON

  • Feb. 7 – March 8, 2026

  • MOE AND JACK'S PLACE — THE ROUSE THEATRE

In this poetic romantic drama, a young couple discovers the thrill of first love on the eve of World War I.

LEADING LADIES presents

Mrs. Christie

  • By HEIDI ARMBRUSTER
  • Directed by JOANIE SCHULTZ
  • Co-produced with MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER

  • Feb. 28 – March 29, 2026

  • MOE AND JACK'S PLACE — THE ROUSE THEATRE

The curious, real-life disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926 sets the stage for this charming mystery as a devoted superfan tries to solve the case 100 years later.

ELLEN AND RAY van der HORST present

Tenderly:
The Rosemary Clooney Musical

  • Based on the Life of Rosemary Clooney
  • By JANET YATES VOGT and MARK FRIEDMAN
  • Directed by MICHAEL MAROTTA

  • March 21 – May 17, 2026

  • ROSENTHAL SHELTERHOUSE THEATRE

This exhilarating and inspiring musical biography features many signature songs and offers a personal portrait of one of the most beloved entertainers of all time.

MOE AND JACK ROUSE and
RANDOLPH WADSWORTH present

AUGUST WILSON'S
The Piano Lesson

  • Directed by LOU BELLAMY
  • Co-produced with MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER

  • April 11 – May 3, 2026

  • MOE AND JACK'S PLACE — THE ROUSE THEATRE

A clash over the fate of a family’s heirloom piano sets the stage for this explosive Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning masterpiece.

2025-26 SEASON TICKETS

Season ticket packages are on sale now! Season tickets guarantee your seats and get you discounted tickets and early access to A Christmas Carol and Because You're Mine (not included in any season ticket package). You’ll also enjoy exclusive benefits like the best prices, easy ticket exchanges, payment installments, discounted parking and more.

Individual tickets go on sale to the public on Tuesday, July 15. Join our e-list to get early access beginning Wednesday, July 9.

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