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1. www.clevelandplayhouse.com › files › assetsA BRIEF HISTORY OF CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE

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   ther, they formed Cleveland Play House. They found a home at East 85th and Euclid Avenue, in a farmhouse donated b. Cleveland industrialist Francis Drury. It ultimately became. the site of a long-lasting home to CPH.The eventual facility, built in 1927, housed t. e Brooks Theatre and the Drury Theatre. In 1949, to accommodate its growth, CPH ...

2. www.clevelandplayhouse.com › about › historyHistory | Cleveland Play House | 216-400-7000

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   1933. The Play House Children’s Theatre, later to be known as Curtain Pullers, is founded under the direction of Esther Mullin. Believed to be the first of its kind in America, the program provides free theatre education to Cleveland youngsters.

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3. www.clevelandplayhouse.com › files › assetsA BRIEF HISTORY OF CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE

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   In the early 1900s, Cleveland theatre featured mostly vaudeville, melodrama, burlesque and light entertainment, but a select group of eight Clevelanders — among them Charles and Minerva Brooks — sought plays of substance on timely topics. Together they formed Cleveland Play House. They found a home at East 85th and Euclid Avenue, in a ...

4. www.cleveland.com › entertainment › 2018A visual history of the Cleveland Play House (vintage photos)

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   Jan 11, 2018 · CLEVELAND, Ohio - More than 100 years after it was founded, the venerable Cleveland Play House is still one of the most iconic and enduring cultural symbols in Northeast Ohio. Famed actors like ...

5. www.cleveland.com › architecture › 2014The miracle of Cleveland's Playhouse Square: How a performing ...

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   Apr 25, 2014 · Rebirth: The revival of Playhouse Square's theaters helped save downtown Cleveland and launched a national movement to preserve historic silent movie palaces and vaudeville houses.

6. www.clevelandmemory.org › playhouse › indexThe Early History of The Cleveland Play House (1915-1984)

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   Scenery painting, 1937. Scene from the Play House's 60th anniversary production of with Melvyn Douglas, 1975. The Cleveland Play House was first conceived in 1915 at the home of Charles and Minerva Brooks. The first productions were performed at the Ammon house on the estate of Francis Drury and, for a brief period, in a barn behind the house.

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   How is Cleveland Play House structured?

   • Cleveland Play House is structured like most American theater companies, with a Board of Directors chaired by Anne Marie Warren, an Artistic Director named Laura Kepley, and a Managing Director (until his death in 2020, Managing Director was Kevin Moore).

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   How did the Cleveland Play House expand?

   • Under the direction of FREDERIC MCCONNELL, the Cleveland Play House expanded significantly, growing annual attendance from 4,000 to 40,000 within the first few years. The organization implemented education outreach programming and touring companies, and became a fully professional company.

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   Does Cleveland have a water system?

   • Although most communities in Cuyahoga, Medina, and Summit counties served by Cleveland's water system had direct service, Cleveland Heights., BEDFORD, EAST CLEVELAND, and LAKEWOOD purchased their water in bulk for many years and redistributed it to customers, charging their own water rates. In 1986 this bulk service was extended to Lake County.

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   How many gallons of water a day does Cleveland have?

   • By that time, 125 mi. of water mains had been completed in Cleveland, and the system's capacity was about 10 million gallons per day, serving about a third of Cleveland citizens.

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   When did the Cleveland water system start?

   • About 1916, the original 6,600' intake tunnel west of the "5 Mile Crib" was extended about 26,000' from shore to feed water to the Division Ave. filtration plant, which became operative in 1918. By 1920 the system of water mains had grown to 985 total miles, and it continued to grow in response to Cleveland's expanded water needs.

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   Why did Cleveland Lake get a new filtration plant?

   • During the post-World War II period, a new 3.5-mi., 10' diameter tunnel was built into the lake to supply water to the new Nottingham Filtration Plant and pumping station in northeast Cleveland. Completed in 1951, the plant had a capacity of about 150 million gallons per day.

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   The plant had a daily capacity of 50 million gallons, making the nominal capacity of the water system about 225 billion gallons annually. In 1970 the system had over 4,000 mi. of water mains, serving 75 sq. mi. in Cleveland and an additional 450 sq. mi. in Cuyahoga, Medina, Lorain, and Lake counties. Since 1856, when Cleveland's public water ...