[NEohioPAL] Ensemble Announces second production of its 46th Season: O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Long Day’s Journey Into Night

[Ensemble Theatre]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 2025
Media Contact:
Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland
tickets at ensembletheatrecle.org • (216) 321-2930

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Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland Announces second production of its 46th
Season: Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Long Day’s Journey Into
Night

Featuring a Cast and Creative Team with a Combined 40+ Years of Experience
Working on O’Neill’s Plays

CLEVELAND, OH — Ensemble Theatre proudly announces its 46th Season
production of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize winning American masterpiece Long
Day’s Journey Into Night, presented February 6–22, 2026 in the Marinello
Little Theatre on the campus of John Carroll University, in University
Heights.

This landmark staging brings together actors and production artists whose
collective experience with O’Neill’s work spans more than four decades,
deepening the emotional scope and authenticity of one of the greatest plays
in American dramatic literature.

“O’Neill has always held a special place in Ensemble’s artistic legacy,”
says Co-Director Ian Wolfgang Hinz.

 “His work demands rigor, emotional vulnerability, and profound honesty,
qualities our company has embraced for nearly fifty years. Returning to
Long Day’s Journey Into Night in our 46th Season is both a tribute to our
history and a commitment to the kind of theatre that shaped Ensemble from
the very beginning.”, adds Co-Director Rebecca Moseley.

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A Legacy with O’Neill

>From its earliest years, Ensemble Theatre has maintained a deep
relationship with Eugene O’Neill’s works, including critically acclaimed
productions of A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Iceman Cometh, Beyond the
Horizon, The Hairy Ape, and Anna Christie. This 2026 staging furthers that
legacy, offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience O’Neill’s most
autobiographical and arguably most powerful play in an intimate venue.

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Production Teaser

In the span of one single day, the Tyrones reveal their deepest wounds,
addiction, resentment, longing, and a love that refuses to disappear. As
fog rolls over the Connecticut shore, the family navigates a past that
cannot be undone and a future that cannot be avoided. O’Neill’s masterpiece
remains as piercing, relevant, and heartbreaking today as when it was first
written.

“…a magnificent and shattering play.” (New York Post.)  “It is a stunning
theatrical experience.” (New York Herald-Tribune)
“This is O’Neill’s most beautiful play.” (New York Daily News)
“LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT has been worth waiting for. It restores the
drama to literature and the theatre to art.” (The New York Times).

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CAST

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   James Tyrone – Doug Sutherland
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   Mary Tyrone – Mary Alice Beck
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   Jamie Tyrone – Daniel Zalevsky
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   Edmund Tyrone – Michael Montanus
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   Cathleen – Mia Radabaugh/ Rebecca Moseley

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PERFORMANCE DETAILS

Dates:
February 6–22, 2026, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00pm and  Sundays at 2:00pm
Performances are held at the Marinello Little Theatre, on the campus of
John Carroll University *Opening celebration (with Chocolate Covered
Strawberries) following Sunday Matinee 2/8/25*

Ticket Information:

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   Opening Weekend & All Sunday Matinees: Pay What You Will
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   Regular Admission:
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      Adult General Admission: $40
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      Seniors: $38
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      Students: $18

Tickets available at ensembletheatrecle.org*, *or by calling the* box
office* at* 216-321-2930 ***Military and other Group Discounts Available. *

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ENSEMBLE THEATRE’S 46th SEASON

Entering its 46th year, Ensemble Theatre continues its mission to produce
impactful, script-centered work that explores the complexity of the human
condition. Known for its long-standing commitment to classic American
playwrights, especially Eugene O’Neill, Ensemble celebrates nearly five
decades of artistic excellence with this powerful return to one of the
defining plays of the American stage.

“This production brings together a team of artists who have lived with
O’Neill’s work for years,” says Executive Artistic Director Celeste
Cosentino. “Their combined experience allows us to bring a deep
understanding to a play that is timeless, raw, and human.”

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PRESS & MEDIA

Press nights, photography access, and interviews with the cast and creative
team are available upon request. Contact tickets at ensembletheatrecle.org for
all inquiries.

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About Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland

Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland is a nonprofit professional theatre dedicated
to producing socially relevant American classics and contemporary works.
Through nearly five decades of performance, education, and community
engagement, Ensemble has become one of Northeast Ohio’s most respected
artistic institutions.
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