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Cleveland Play House (CPH) is a professional regional theater company located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1915 and built its own noted theater complex in 1927. Currently the company performs at the Allen Theatre in Playhouse Square where it has been based since 2
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.
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 ...
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.
formed Cleveland Play House. They found a home at East 85th and Euclid Avenue, in a farmhouse donated by Cleveland industrialist Francis Drury. Their motto was “Art in Democracy,” and they were committed to serving the needs of the community. In 1927, CPH built a facility at 85th and Euclid that housed the Brooks Theatre and the Drury Theatre.
A timeline of events in the early history of the Cleveland Play House. Date. Event. 1915. Charles S. Brooks and Minerva Kline Brooks invite 8 friends to their drawing room at 1598 East 115th St. to discuss the formation of an art theatre. May 1916. The first play, Death of the Tintagiles, is performed at The Play House.
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Source: Cleveland Play House Archives Cleveland Play House, 1927 The Play House opened two new theaters in 1927: the 522-seat Drury Theater and the 160-seat Brooks Theater. These were part of a complex built on farmland donated by industrialist Francis Drury at East 86th Street between Euclid and Carnegie Avenues.
