Origins Cleveland Play House

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frederic mcconnell, director of cleveland play house (1938)


in 1900s cleveland theatre featured vaudeville, melodrama, burlesque , light entertainment. in 1915 select group of ten clevelanders met in home of charles s. , minerva brooks discuss formation of art theatre. present in addition brooks walter , julia mccune flory, raymond o neil, ernest , katherine angell, henry , anna hohnhorst, george clisbee, grace treat, , marthena barrie. together, formed cleveland play house , named raymond o neil director. initial productions performed in home donated cleveland industrialist francis drury located @ east 85th , euclid avenue. o neil devotee of artistic ideals of edward gordon craig, , play house s earliest productions reflect this. founders of play house bohemians , suffragists, , outsiders in conservative cleveland society. result, play house in years performed select group of individuals interested in avant-garde art, rather larger community of cleveland.


the play house founded midway through decade of cultural renaissance in cleveland. through partnership of idealistic vision , philanthropic largess, many of cleveland’s major cultural organizations formed between 1910 , 1920—cleveland music school settlement, karamu house, cleveland museum of art, cleveland orchestra, cleveland institute of music , cleveland museum of natural history.


after moving through several facilities in first 2 years, play house purchased , renovated church @ cedar avenue , east 73rd street, , opened cedar avenue theatre in december 1917. new facility seated 160 , marked turn toward professionalism. after this, play house began struggle financially, , board of directors became increasingly dissatisfied raymond o neil s leadership. resulting arguments led o neil s resignation in 1921. board subsequently hired frederic mcconnell next director, along associates k. elmo lowe , max eisenstat assistants. 3 transformed cph popular regional theatre, ushering in long era of growth , prosperity.


a new cleveland play house facility, built in 1927, housed brooks theatre , drury theatre. accommodate growth, cph in 1949 opened 77th street theatre in converted church, featured america’s first open stage – forerunner of thrust stage popularized in 1950s , 1960s. in 1980s, 77th street theatre closed, cleveland play house purchased sears building , world-renowned architect philip johnson designed significant additions complex, including bolton theatre. 1927 buildings, sears building , johnson buildings taken together, complex cph became largest regional theatre complex in country.








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