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Newly published from Palgrave Macmillan! 
 
 


America's First Regional Theatre: The  Cleveland Play House and Its Search 
for a Home

by Jeffrey Ullom
 


 



Jeffrey Ullom is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theater at Case  
Western Reserve University. He is the author of The Humana Festival: A  
History of New Play at Actors Theatre of Louisville (2008) and his work has  
been published internationally in numerous journals.


Reviews
"Ullom's account of the Cleveland Play House's search for its identity  
provides a strong paradigm for how this kind of historical project should be  
done. Working with new archival material, America's First Regional  Theatre 
is a glimpse into the complicated evolution of a cultural treasure.  
Well-researched, with a strong critical and analytical approach of looking at  
theatre history through the larger lens of sociology, economics, and  politics."
- David A. Crespy, University of Missouri, USA and author of  
Off-Off-Broadway Explosion (2003) and Richard 
Barr: The Playwrights Producer (2013) 
 
"The history of Cleveland Play House is inseparable from that of the  
community it has served since 1915. Jeffrey Ullom tells the tale of a pioneering  
arts institution through a century of triumphs and tribulations, juxtaposed 
with  the story of a once mighty, now resurgent metropolitan community. It 
is a  fascinating read for anyone interested in the history of Cleveland 
Play House,  the American theatre, and the Cleveland community."
- Kevin Moore, Managing  Director, Cleveland Play House




About the book
In the fall of 2011, the Cleveland Play  House abandoned its former home of 
eighty-four years to establish a new presence  within a downtown performing 
arts complex, providing a feeling of renewal and  rebirth that the theatre 
has not experienced in decades. With its new facility  and its upcoming 
centenary anniversary, the history of the legendary theatre  serves as a 
springboard to discuss how the Cleveland Play House mirrored the  achievements and 
struggles of both the city of Cleveland and the American  theatre over the 
past one hundred years. This book challenges the established  history (often 
put forward by the theatre itself) and long-held assumptions  concerning the 
creation of the institution and its legacy. Utilizing new  research 
(including access to the once-restricted Cleveland Play House  archives), Ullom 
tells the compelling story of how this celebrated institution  was founded and 
how it, and American theatre at large, has managed to survive  and even 
thrive.

 

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