Cleveland Play House Archive collection

Collection

Identifier: Spec-Coll-00056

Staff Only

Cleveland Play House website archive

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Scope and Contents

Cleveland Play House (CPH) Archive is the institutional record of the organization concerning the work of actors, directors, managers, students and trustees who contributed to the creation of America's first professional regional theatre. The archive consists primarily of administrative office files, Board of Trustee minutes, production books, programs and photographs, set designs, clippings, audio visual materials, scrapbooks,and marketing materials.

Dates

Creation: 1870-2012

Creator

Cleveland Play House (Organization : Cleveland, Ohio) (Organization)

Biographical / Historical

Cleveland Play House (CPH), founded in 1915 and recipient of the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award, is America's first professional regional theatre. CPH has as its mission, to inspire, stimulate and entertain diverse audiences in Northeast Ohio by producing plays and theatre education programs of the highest professional standards. CPH has produced more than 100 world and/or American premieres, and over its long history more than 12 million people have attended over 1,600 productions.