Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
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From acclaimed dramas to exhilarating musicals, explore our catalog of past shows.
2020 to present
2023-2024 Season
What the Constitution Means to Me
by Heidi Schreck
Fiona: The Musical
book by Zina Camblin, music & lyrics by David Kisor
How I Learned What I Learned
by August Wilson
The Match Game
by Steven Strafford
Hands on a Hardbody
book by Doug Wright, lyrics by Amanda Green, music by Trey Anastasio & Amanda Green
2022-2023 Season
Sweat
by Lynn Nottage
The Dancing Princesses
book by Joseph McDonough, music & lyrics by David Kisor
Grand Horizons
by Bess Wohl
Morning Sun
by Simon Stephens
Who All Over There?
by Torie Wiggins
Maytag Virgin
by Audrey Cefaly
2021-2022 Season
Pipeline
by Dominique Morisseau
Cinderella
book by Joseph McDonough, lyrics by David Kisor, music by Fitz Patton
Queen
by Madhuri Shekar
I Shall Not Be Moved*
by Isaiah Reaves
Your Negro Tour Guide*
by Kathy Y. Wilson
adapted for the stage by Jeff Griffin and Torie Wiggins
Tiny Beautiful Things
based on the book by Cheryl Strayed
adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos
co-conceived by Marshall Heyman, Thomas Kail, & Nia Vardalos
*part of a double-bill event
2010 to 2019
2019–2020 Season
Fun Home
music by Jeanine Tesori, book & lyrics by Lisa Kron
based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Sex and Education
by Lissa Levin
The Frog Princess
book by Joseph McDonough, music & lyrics by David Kisor
Fortune
by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Pipeline*
by Dominique Morisseau
Photograph 51*
by Anna Ziegler
20th Century Blues*
by Susan Miller
*originally scheduled production was suspended or canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2018–2019 Season
Fly By Night
conceived and written by Kim Rosenstock, written by Will Connolly & Michael Mitnick
Alice in Wonderland
by Joseph McDonough and David Kisor
Ripcord
by David Lindsay-Abaire
A Doll’s House Part 2
by Lucas Hnath
Skeleton Crew
by Dominique Morisseau
The Wolves
by Sarah Delappe
2017–2018 Season
This Random World
by Steven Dietz
The Dancing Princesses
by Joseph McDonough and David Kisor
The Humans
by Stephen Karam
Red Velvet
by Lolita Chakrabarti
His Eye is on the Sparrow
by Larry Parr
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
book by John Cameron Mitchell, music & lyrics by Stephen Trask
2016–2017 Season
The Legend of Georgia McBride
by Matthew Lopez
brownsville song (b-side for tray)
by Kimber Lee
Cinderella: After Ever After
by Joseph McDonough and David Kisor
First Date
book by Austin Winsberg,
music & lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
When We Were Young and Unafraid
by Sarah Treem
Bloomsday
by Steven Dietz
2015–2016 Season
Luna Gale
by Rebecca Gilman
Buyer and Cellar
by Jonathan Tolins
Cinderella
by Joseph McDonough and David Kisor
Grounded
by George Brandt
Annapurna
by Sharr White
Violet
music by Jeanine Tesori, libretto by Brian Crawley
2014–2015 Season
Hands on a Hardbody
book by Doug Wright, lyrics by Amanda Green,
music by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green
An Iliad
adapted from Homer, by Lisa Peterson and
Denis O’Hare, translation by Robert Fagles
Sleeping Beauty
by Joseph McDonough and David Kisor
The Other Place
by Sharr White
Detroit ’67
by Dominique Morisseau
Outside Mullingar
by John Patrick Shanley
2013–2014 Season
Other Desert Cities
by Jon Robin Baitz
Rapture, Blister, Burn
by Gina Gionfriddo
Around the World in 80 Days
by Joseph McDonough & David Kisor
Tribes
by Nina Raine
The Mountaintop
by Katori Hall
Size Matters
by Raymond McAnally
2012–2013 Season
Good People
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Mrs. Mannerly
by Jeffrey Hatcher
Alice in Wonderland
by Joseph McDonough & David Kisor
Freud’s Last Session
by Mark St. James, Suggested by “The Question of God” by Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr.
Black Pearl Sings!
by Frank Higgins
Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns
by Roger Bean
2011–2012 Season
Next to Normal
music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Ghost-Writer
by Michael Hollinger
Snow White
by David Kisor and Joseph McDonough
The Whipping Man
by Matthew Lopez
Time Stands Still
by Donald Margulies
Life Could Be A Dream
created by Roger Bean
2010–2011 Season
Collected Stories
by Donald Margulies
Thurgood
by George Stevens Jr.
Cinderella
book by Joseph McDonough, music and lyrics by David Kisor
Next Fall
by Geoffrey Nauffts
End Days
by Deborah Zoe Laufer
25 The Musical
compiled by Scot Woolley
Winter Wonderettes
created by Roger Bean
2000 to 2009
2009–2010 Season
33 Variations
by Moisés Kaufman
Dead Man’s Cell Phone
by Sarah Ruhl
Sleeping Beauty
book by Joseph McDonough, music and Lyrics by David Kisor
My Name is Asher Lev
by Aaron Posner
Becky’s New Car
by Steven Dietz
The Marvelous Wonderettes
created by Roger Bean
2008–2009 Season
Grey Gardens
book by Doug Wright, lyrics by Michael Korie, music by Scott Frankel
The Seafarer
by Conor McPherson
Alice in Wonderland
book by Joseph McDonough, music and Lyrics by David Kisor
Gem of the Ocean
by August Wilson
Mauritius
by Theresa Rebeck
Don’t Make Me Pull This Show Over: Dispatches From the Frontlines of Parenting
music by Richard Oberacker, lyrics by Robert Taylor & Richard Oberacker
2007–2008 Season
Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-Abaire
More Fun Than Bowling
by Steven Dietz
The Frog Princess
book by Joseph McDonough, music and lyrics by David Kisor
Mary’s Wedding
by Stephen Massicotte
Radio Golf
by August Wilson
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
book by Betsy Kelso, music & lyrics by David Nehl
2006–2007 Season
Mack and Mabel
book by Michael Stewart, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
String of Pearls
by Michele Lowe
Ugly Duck
by Joseph McDonough, music and lyrics by David Kisor
Fiction
by Steven Dietz
Opus
by Michael Hollinger
Souvenir
by Stephen Temperley
2005–2006 Season
Intimate Apparel
by Lynn Nottage
Permanent Collection
by Thomas Gibbons
Cinderella
book by Joseph McDonough, lyrics by David Kisor, music by Fitz Patton
Thom Pain
by Will Eno
Moonlight and Magnolias
by Ron Hutchinson
Wayfarer’s Rest
by Joseph McDonough
2004–2005 Season
The Exonerated
by Jessica Blank and Eric Jensen
Thirty Ghosts
by Robert Lewis Vaughan
Sleeping Beauty
book by Joseph McDonough, music & lyrics David Kisor
Sight Unseen
by Donald Margulies
I Am My Own Wife
by Doug Wright
While We Were Bowling
by Carter W. Lewis
2003–2004 Season
Nite Club Confidential
by Dennis Deal, new songs by Dennis Deal and Albert Evans
Blue/Orange
by Joe Penhall
Alice in Wonderland
book by Joseph McDonough, music & lyrics by David Kisor
A Lesson Before Dying
by Romulus Linney, based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines
The Women of Lockerbie
by Deborah Brevoort
Stones in His Pockets
by Marie Jones
2002–2003 Season
The Guys
by Anne Nelson
Bed Among the Lentils*
by Alan Bennett
Underneath the Lintel*
by Glen Berger
The Frog Princess
book by Joseph McDonough, music & lyrics by David Kisor
Copenhagen
by Michael Frayn
James and Annie
by Warren Leight
Triple Espresso
by Bill Arnold, Pearce Donley and Bob Stromberg
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
book by John Cameron Mitchell, music & lyrics by Stephen Trask
*part of a double-bill event
2001–2002 Season
Fully Committed
by Becky Mode
The Adventures of Pinocchio
book by Joseph McDonough, music & lyrics David Kisor
Praying for Rain
by Robert Lewis Vaughan
Women Who Steal
by Carter W. Lewis
Syncopation
by Allen Knee
Cowgirls
by Mary Murfitt and Betsy Howie
2000–2001 Season
Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine
by Warren Leight
The Countess
by Gregory Murphy
Sleeping Beauty
book by Joseph McDonough, music & lyrics by David Kisor
Three Days of Rain
by Richard Greenburg
Dinner With Friends
by Donald Margulies
A Sense of Place
by Lanford Wilson
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
book by John Cameron Mitchell, music & lyrics by Stephen Trask
1990 to 1999
1999–2000 Season
Sideman
by Warren Leight
Earhart
by Katherine Christianson
Around the World in 80 Days
book by Joseph McDonough, music & lyrics by David Kisor
The Winning Streak
by Lee Blessing
The Cripple of Inishmaan
by Martin McDonagh
Private Eyes
by Steven Dietz
1998–1999 Season
A Question of Mercy
by David Rabe
Full Gallop
by Mark Hampton & Mary Louise Wilson
Alice in Wonderland
book by Joseph McDonough, music & lyrics by David Kisor
Ice Floe
Love & Shrimp
lyrics by Judith Viorst, music by Shelly Markham
Violet
music by Jeanine Tesori, libretto by Brian Crawley
1997–1998 Season
Going to St. Ives
by Lee Blessing
Three Viewings
by Jeffrey Hatcher
The Frog Princess
book by Joseph McDonough, music & lyrics by David Kisor
Three Tall Women
by Edward Albee
Wild Oats
by John O’Keefe
Death Defying Acts (3 one-act comedies)
by Woody Allen (“Central Park West”), David Mamet (“An Interview”), & Elaine May (“Hotline”)
1996–1997 Season
A Party to Murder
by Lee Blessing
Copperheads
by Thomas M. Atkinson
Robin Hood
A Package Deal
Cobb
by Lee Blessing
Keeping the Faith
The Last Act is a Solo
by Robert Anderson
1995–1996 Season
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
Jack & the Beanstalk
A Slice of Buffalo, A Peace of Paris
by Tom Fontana
Two Weeks with the Queen
by Morris Gleitzman
Cars, Dogs, Money, & The Moon
by David Kisor
1994–1995 Season
Help!
Snow White
Hamlet
Find Me a Voice
Hi-Hat Hattie!
by Larry Parr
1993–1994 Season
Fragments
Little Red Riding Hood
The Illusions
The Rights
Poor Superman
by Brad Fraser
Lips Together, Teeth Apart
by Terrence McNally
1992–1993 Season
After the Fall
by Arthur Miller
Seascape
by Edward Albee
Cinderella
Lotus Hooks
Freeman & Lunatics
Zorro
1991–1992 Season
Everything in the Garden
by Edward Albee and Giles Cooper
Jack & the Beanstalk
The Chronicles of Plague
School for Scandal
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Lake Street Extension
by Lee Blessing
That Serious He-Man Ball
by Alonzo D. Lamont Jr.
1990–1991 Season
Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
Sleeping Beauty
There’s a Ringing in My Ears
The Water Engine
by David Mamet
Buckminster Fuller
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennesse Williams
The Taffetas
by Rick Lewis
Grand Central Station
Woodcuts
Unicorn
1986 to 1990
1989–1990 Season
Promises to Keep
Memories of Over-the-Rhine
The Gifts of the Magi
music by Randy Courts, lyrics by Mark St. Germain and Randy Courts
A New Works Festival
Darkside
by Ken Jones
Seduced
by Sam Shepard
Six Women with Brain Death
book by Cherl Benge, Christy Brandt, Mark Houston, Peggy Pharr Wilson, Rosanna E. Coppedge, Ross Freese, Sandee Johnson, Valerie Fagan, music & lyrics by Mark Houston
Twenty Years Ago Today
Johnny Moonbeam & The Silver Arrow
by Joseph Golden
1988–1989 Season
Deep Sleepers
by Charles Leipart
Hazy Rain
Fool for Love
by Sam Shepard
Riding the High C’s
Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare
1987–1988 Season
Adrift
Invictus
Victory House
Chelsea Heights
American Gothic
1986–1987 Season
Something Cloudy, Something Clear
by Tennessee Williams
Plays from the Grassroots
Checkers
…With the Ladies Gone
The Circles of Mystery
Volleys
End Game
by Samuel Beckett
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