Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
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| Address | Cincinnati United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°6′40.42″N 84°29′51.88″W / 39.1112278°N 84.4977444°W |
| Event | Theatre |
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| Opened | October 10, 1960 |
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The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is a regional theatre in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was founded in 1959 by college student, Gerald Covell, and was one of the first regional theatres in the United States. Located in Eden Park, the first play that premiered at the Playhouse, on October 10, 1960, was Meyer Levin's Compulsion. The Playhouse has brought prominent plays to Cincinnati and has hosted national premieres such as Tennessee Williams' The Notebook of Trigorin, in 1996, and world premieres such as the Pulitzer Prize-nominated, Coyote on a Fence, in 1998, and Ace, in 2006.
The Playhouse facility comprises two theatres, the Robert S. Marx Theatre and the Shelterhouse. The Playhouse is a member of the League of Resident Theatres.