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Auditions are approaching next week!!! See below for details on our SECOND show of the 26/27 season, and join us for aud...
06/13/2026

Auditions are approaching next week!!!

See below for details on our SECOND show of the 26/27 season, and join us for auditions on:
Tuesday June 16th 6-9pm
Thursday June 18th 6-9pm
Saturday June 20th 12-3pm
(Callbacks will be June 20th after auditions and Wednesday June 24th.)

Sign up now at www.ensembletheatrecle.org/auditions

The second show of our 2026-2027 season will be:
The Burial at Thebes
By Seamus Heaney

Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney’s powerful adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone explores the timeless conflict between individual conscience and state authority. Heaney's searing translation of Sophocles' ancient tragedy strips the play to its blazing moral core: what do we owe the living, and what do we owe the dead? Written in the shadow of the Iraq War, its themes of power, dissent, and human dignity feel as urgent today as they did in fifth-century Athens. A spare, fierce, and deeply human work — essential theatre. In this outstanding translation, commissioned by Ireland's renowned Abbey Theatre to commemorate its centenary, Seamus Heaney exposes the darkness and the humanity in Sophocles' masterpiece, and inks it with his own modern and masterly touch. Originally produced by Ensemble Theatre in the Brooks theatre in 2006 directed by the late founding artistic director Lucia Colombi. Join us for this timely re-examination of this classic tale translated by one of the greatest poets of the day.

For more information regarding characters and available roles, visit https://www.ensembletheatrecle.org/auditions and scroll down to the character list section.

(Photo from Ensemble Theatre's first production of Burial at Thebes, directed in 2006 by founder Lucia Colombi.)

Auditions are coming up next week! We will be spotlighting each one of our shows for 26/27 over the next few days!Up fir...
06/10/2026

Auditions are coming up next week! We will be spotlighting each one of our shows for 26/27 over the next few days!

Up first in our 2026/2027 Season:
The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth
October 2nd-18th, 2026

CLEVELAND PREMIERE
Northern Ireland, 1981. Former IRA man Quinn Carney has built a new life on a remote farmhouse in County Armagh, surrounded by a sprawling, boisterous family on the eve of the harvest. But when a long-buried body surfaces from a bog, the past comes knocking — and with it, dangerous men who refuse to let old loyalties die. What unfolds is a sweeping, mythic collision of family, secrets, and violence that reaches all the way back through Irish history and folklore. The Ferryman is a breathtaking, unforgettable epic that questions whether any of us can ever truly outrun where we come from.

"The Ferryman" offers rich and beautiful roles for actors of all ages (kids included!) and backgrounds.

For more information, and to sign up for auditions,visit www.ensembletheatrecle.org/auditions

And that's a wrap! Thank you to all who joined us for our 2025-2026 theatre season at John Carroll University. We love o...
06/08/2026

And that's a wrap!
Thank you to all who joined us for our 2025-2026 theatre season at John Carroll University. We love our Ensemble Family and appreciate your support deeply, whether you are a part of the audience or part of the production! Stay tuned for more information on our upcoming 2026-2027 season, Ensemble season auditions, additional events and programming, and for our summer camps this July.

Today is our closing show for Exit Strategy. If you haven't seen it yet, come out and join us. Tickets are pay what you ...
06/07/2026

Today is our closing show for Exit Strategy. If you haven't seen it yet, come out and join us. Tickets are pay what you will, and we start at 2pm!!

06/07/2026

Meet the amazing Sydney Smith who makes up the final member of the fabulous ensemble of actors of EXIT STRATEGY by IKE HOLTER at Ensemble Theatre and then get your tickets for todays final matinee performance!!
https://www.ensembletheatrecle.org/exit-strategy

Sydney Smith (Sadie)(she/her) is extremely excited to be working with Ensemble Theatre on this wonderful production! Sydney is a graduate from Kent State University with a B.A. in Theatre. She will be playing Sadie in today’s performance. She was last seen on stage at Seat of the Pants in their production of Elephant’s Graveyard (Hungry Townsperson) . Past theatre credits include Not for Profit (Alkanna), Insurrection: Holding History (Octavia/Katie-Lynn), The Nanny Project: You Can’t Over Love Anything (Woman 1), It Happened in Atlanta (Reven). She would like to thank this extremely talented cast and crew for making this such a great experience and her family and friends for their constant support. Instagram: .s

Announcing Auditions for our 2026-2027 Season! Come out and become part of the Ensemble Theatre Family! Auditions will b...
06/05/2026

Announcing Auditions for our 2026-2027 Season! Come out and become part of the Ensemble Theatre Family!

Auditions will be held in person:
Tuesday June 16th from 6pm-9pm
Thursday June 18th from 6pm-9pm
Saturday June 20th from 12pm-3pm

All auditions will be held in the Marinello Little Theatre on the campus of John Carroll University.

Ensemble is excited to bring two Cleveland premiers, a timeless classic, and a world premier new play to our stage this season! This year, Ensemble's season includes:
The Ferryman (Jez Butterworth)
The Burial at Thebes (Seamus Heaney)
She Walks in Beauty ( Jeanne Madison)
The Reclamation of Madison Hemmings (Charles Smith)

For more information on each show and to sign up for auditions, please visit:
www.ensembletheatrecle.org/auditions

06/05/2026

Meet the final members of the amazing ENSEMBLE and then get your tickets for the final weekend of this 🔥🔥🔥💥 production!!
https://www.ensembletheatrecle.org/exit-strategy

Meet Drew Pope (Donnie). Drew is a 2019 graduate of the B.F.A. Acting and Directing program from Baldwin Wallace University. He is a 2x winner (2023, 2024) of the "Best Performer" award for "Broadwayworld's Cleveland Region". He taught Drama at D**e School of the Arts, and now teaches 5th Grade ELA at Breakthrough Midtown. He has performed at Karamu House, Ensemble Theatre, Dobama Theater, GLT, Beck Center and CPT. You can see what he’s up to on Instagram,

06/04/2026

Meet the amazing "ensemble' that brings this tour de force show to life, and then get those tickets for the final weekend of EXIT STRATEGY by IKE HOLTER.

Meet Bridgett Martinez (Jania) (she/her). Bridgett is an actor, director, and teaching artist born and raised in Cleveland. Recent acting credits include Witch (Dobama Theatre), Hellfire (Salon Series reading at Seat of the Pants), Merrily We Roll Along (French Creek Theatre), A Gentleman’s Guide… (Ohio Shakespeare Festival), What I Remember (Do Process Theatre), Hair (Skokie Theatre), Refuge (Theo Ubique - Jeff Award for Best Ensemble). She has worked as a teaching artist and director for theaters such as Near West Theatre, Pocket Theatre, Dobama, Cleveland Public Theatre/Teatro Público de Cleveland, and Playhouse Square. Bridgett is the owner of Drama Club Coffee and Books, a mobile drama bookshop/cafe inspiring a love for theatre and community. She is also a co-collaborator of Teatrista Lab, a new collective of BIPOC theatre artists in the Cleveland area. This year, Bridgett was part of the inaugural cohort of the Latinx Actor Training Laboratorio, hosted by the Latinx Theatre Commons. She is passionate about uplifting local theatre and its artists through social media .thtr. She earned her BFA in Musical Theatre from Kent State University. She would like to thank her husband, family, and friends for their support! https://www.ensembletheatrecle.org/exit-strategy

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