48th annual Marilyn Bianchi kids’ Playwriting Festival

June 4th - 7th. Come experience the annual celebration of young playwrights with the Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Playwriting Festival - the oldest program of its kind in the United States of America! Winning plays will be produced for one weekend of exhilarating performances. Click below for information.

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26/27 SEASON REVEAL

Dobama, Cleveland’s Off-Broadway Theatre, is proud to announce its 2026/27 Season; a line-up of five extraordinary new plays that are Cleveland, Regional, and World Premieres. Check out the shows on tap starting this fall and mark your calendars. Memberships are on sale now!

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DOBAMA THEATRE’s MISSION

Dobama Theatre is dedicated to premiering important new plays by established and emerging playwrights in professional productions of the highest quality. Through theatrical production, community engagement, and education programming, Dobama nurtures the development of theatre artists and builds new audiences for the arts while provoking an examination of our contemporary world.


"Take the risk with us. Feel welcome.
We're all in this together. We all own it all."

— Donald Bianchi, Founding Artistic Director, Dobama Theatre