Cleveland Public Theatre is a theater

Theater (structure)

A theater or theatre is a structure where theatrical works or plays are performed or other performances such as musical concerts may be produced. While a theater is not required for performance , a theater serves to define the performance and audience spaces...

 and arts complex in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

, founded in 1984 by James Levin. It is located at 6415 Detroit Avenue on Cleveland's west side in the Detroit-Shoreway

Detroit-Shoreway

Detroit-Shoreway is a neighborhood on Cleveland's West Side. Detroit-Shoreway consists of the streets between Lake Erie and Interstate 90, from West 85th to West 45th streets.-Gordon Square:...

 neighborhood. It will be one of the three anchors of the proposed Gordon Square Arts District. It is often associated with works that are progressive, political, or confrontational. In 2004 Levin became officially uninvolved with the theater to begin the Ingenuity Festival. Raymond Bobgan, named in 2009 as one of American Theater Magazine's 25 artists who will shape the future of American theatre, was appointed CPT Executive Artistic Director in 2006.

It is the home to the resident companies SAFMOD (SubAtomic Frequency Modulation OverDose), GroundWorks Dancetheater, TitleWave Theatre and New World Performance Laboratory.