Heard Past Performances: 2017

Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear & Other Treasured Stories

Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 10:00 AM (performance for schools)

Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 11:00 AM (public performance)

at The Ohio Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

1519 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113

Performing interpreters: Erin LaFountain & Colleen Ticherich

To book a school field trip please contact Julie Okuley at

(voice phone) 216-348-7909 or Julie.Okuley@playhousesquare.org

For tickets to the public Saturday performance call: (v) 216-241-5490, ext.318 and ask for seating near the interpreters.

Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear & Other Treasured Stories:

Sensory-Friendly Performance

A very special event for children/adults on the autism spectrum and their families.

Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 11:30 AM (public performance)

at The Ohio Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

1519 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113

Performing interpreters: Erin LaFountain & Colleen Ticherich

For tickets to this public performance call: (v) 216-241-5490, ext.318 and ask for seating near the interpreters.

Bill Blagg's The Science of Magic

Tuesday, February 7, 2016 at 10:00 AM (performance for schools)

at The Ohio Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

1519 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113

Performing interpreters: Erin LaFountain & Betty Bridgewater

To book a school field trip please contact Julie Okuley at

(voice phone) 216-348-7909 or Julie.Okuley@playhousesquare.org

The 2017 Cleveland Playhouse production of

Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 2:30 PM

at The Allen Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

1407 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Performing interpreters: Colleen Ticherich, Vince Reddy, & Doug Braun

A limited number of tickets are offered at a SPECIAL PRICE of $15 each! Reservations for this performance

will be accepted until 5:00 PM on Friday, February 10th OR until the seating is sold out.

To purchase tickets, call (v) 216-400-7096 and ask for seating near the interpreters.

Payment is required at the time of the reservation, and all credit cards are accepted. 

Theater Unspeakable's The American Revolution

Thursday February 16, 2017 at 10:00 AM (performance for schools)at The Ohio Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square 1519 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113Performing interpreters: Vince Reddy & Doug Braun

To book a field trip please contact Julie Okuley

by calling (voice phone) 216-348-7909 or Julie.Okuley@playhousesquare.org

The 2017 Great Lakes Theater production of

Frederick Knott's Wait Until Dark

Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 3:00 PM

at The Hanna Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

2067 East 14th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113

Performing interpreters: Ariana Zimcosky, Vince Reddy, & Debi Epstein

For tickets contact Kelly Florian and ask for seating near the interpreters:

Phone (v) 216-241-5490, ext.318, or email kflorian@greatlakestheater.org

Presented by Yarnell Youth Company

Mary Rodgers & Marshall Barer's Once Upon a Mattress

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 3:00 PMHanna Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square 1511 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Performing interpreters: Christine Anastasia Mason, Rachel Hollander, & Melissa O'GradyFor tickets call Kelly Florian: (v)216-241-5490, X318 or email kflorian@greatlakestheater.org

Jean Giono's The Man Who Planted Trees

Monday, May 1, 2017 at 9:45 AM (performance for schools)

at The State Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

1519 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44115

Performing interpreters: Doug Braun & Merry Beth Pietila

To book a field trip please contact Julie Okuley

at (voice phone) 216-348-7909 or Julie.Okuley@playhousesquare.org

Ted Prior's Grug and the Rainbow 

Tuesday May 2, 2017 at 10:00 AM (performance for schools)

Saturday May 6, 2017 at 11:30 AM (public performance)

at The Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio  44115

Performing interpreters: Erin LaFountain, Rachel Hollander (on Tuesday) & Debi Epstein (on Saturday)

To book a school field trip please contact Julie Okuley at

(voice phone) 216-348-7909 or Julie.Okuley@playhousesquare.org

For tickets to the public Saturday performance call: (v) 216-241-5490, ext.318 and ask for seating near the interpreters.

The 2017 Cleveland Play House production of

Disney's Freaky Friday

Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 2:30 PM

at The Allen Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

1407 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Performing interpreters: Colleen Ticherich, Erin LaFountain, & Peter Parsons

A limited number of tickets are offered at a SPECIAL PRICEof $20 each!  Reservations for this performance will be accepted until 3:00 PM on Friday, May 5th OR until the seating is sold out.

To purchase tickets, call (v) 216-400-7096 and ask for seating near the interpreters.

Payment is required at the time of the reservation, and all credit cards are accepted.

Robert Morgan's Morgan's Journey

Thursday May 4, 2017 at 10:15 AM (performance for schools)

Saturday May 6, 2017 at 1:00 PM (public performance)

at The Gund Dance Studio in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

1375 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Performing interpreters: Vince Reddy, Doug Braun (on Thursday), & Colleen Ticherich (on Saturday)

To book a school field trip please contact Julie Okuley at

(voice phone) 216-348-7909 or Julie.Okuley@playhousesquare.org

For tickets to the public Saturday performance call: (v) 216-241-5490, ext.318 and ask for seating near the interpreters.

The 2017 Great Lakes Theater production of

Stuart Ross's Forever Plaid

Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 3:00 PM at The Hanna Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square 2067 East 14th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Performing interpreters: Colleen Ticherich & TBD For tickets call Kelly Florian: (v) 216-241-5490, X318 or email kflorian@greatlakestheater.org

Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate

Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 2:00 PM

at Fine Arts Association in Willoughby

38660 Mentor Avenue, Willoughby, Ohio 44094

Performing interpreters: Merry Beth Pietila, Erin LaFountain, Betty Bridgewater, & TBD

For tickets, call the ticket office and request seating in the sign-interpreted section: (v) 440-951-7500

The 2017 Fine Arts Association production of

Frederick Knott's Wait Until Dark

Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM

at Fine Arts Association in Willoughby

38660 Mentor Avenue, Willoughby, Ohio 44094

Performing interpreters: Merry Beth Pietila, Mark Howdieshell, & Vince Reddy

Creative Sign Consultant: Jenine Mahendranath

For tickets, call the ticket office and request seating in the sign-interpreted section: (v) 440-951-7500

The 2017 Great Lakes Theater production of

Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz's The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 7:30 PM

at The Allen Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

1407 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Performing interpreters: Doug Braun, Erin LaFountain, & Colleen Ticherich

To order tickets go to:

http://www.playhousesquare.org/events/detail/company or call 216-241-6000

For reduced price of only $5 on Nov. 2 ASL Night: 

Use DISCOUNT CODE: “ASL”.

The 2017 Great Lakes Theater production of

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 3:00 PM

at The Hanna Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

2067 East 14th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113

Performing interpreters: Rachel Cornacchione, Erin LaFountain, & Melissa O'Grady

For tickets contact Kelly Florian and ask for seating near the interpreters: 

Phone (v) 216-453-4443 or email kflorian@greatlakestheater.org

The 2017 Great Lakes Theater production of

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: Sensory-Friendly Performance 

A very special event for children/adults on the autism spectrum and their families

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:00 AM-12:45 PMat The Ohio Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square1511 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113Performing interpreters: Rachel Hollander & Melissa O'GradyFor tickets contact Kelly Florian and ask for seating near the interpreters: 

Phone (v) 216-453-4443, or email kflorian@greatlakestheater.org

The 2017 Near West Theater production of

Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, & Tim Rice's Beauty and the Beast

Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 7:30 PM

at Near West Theatre in Cleveland's Gordon Square Arts District

6702 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113

Performing interpreters: 

Merry Beth Pietila, Rachel Cornacchione, Erin LaFountain, & Colleen Ticherich

For tickets call the ticket office: (v) 216-961-6391 and ask for accessible seating near the interpreters 

The 2017 Great Lakes Theater production of

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 3:00 PM

at The Ohio Theatre in Cleveland's Playhouse Square

1511 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113

Performing interpreters: Melissa O’Grady & Jocelyn A. McCullough-Brindo

For tickets contact Kelly Florian and ask for seating near the interpreters: 

Phone (v) 216-453-4443 or email kflorian@greatlakestheater.org

The 2017 Fine Arts Association production of

Disney's The Little Mermaid