The Group (theater)
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The Group is a Greater Cleveland
theatrical company formed in 1964. Its current home for performances is the Beck Center for the Arts
in Lakewood, Ohio
. It is the second oldest theater company in Greater Cleveland, after the Great Lakes Theater Festival
(founded in 1961 as the "Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival".)
Greater Cleveland
Greater Cleveland is a nickname for the metropolitan area surrounding Cleveland, Ohio and is part of what used to be the Connecticut Western Reserve.Northeast Ohio refers to a similar but substantially larger area as described below...
theatrical company formed in 1964. Its current home for performances is the Beck Center for the Arts
Beck Center for the Arts
The Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio, is a non-profit, performing arts and arts education organization. It is the largest theater and arts center on Cleveland's West Shore, educating and entertaining over 65,000 people per year...
in Lakewood, Ohio
Lakewood, Ohio
Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area, and borders the city of Cleveland. The population was 52,131 at the 2010 making it the third largest city in Cuyahoga County, behind Cleveland and Parma .Lakewood, one of Cleveland's...
. It is the second oldest theater company in Greater Cleveland, after the Great Lakes Theater Festival
Great Lakes Theater Festival
Great Lakes Theater Festival is Cleveland, Ohio's professional classic theater company. Founded in 1962, the Festival is the second-largest regional theater in Northeast Ohio. It specializes in large-cast classic plays with a strong foundation in the works of Shakespeare and features an...
(founded in 1961 as the "Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival".)
Original Productions
- 1965 - "Tunes 'n' Times"
- 1966 - "Anything Can Happen"
- 1968 - "A Start from Scratch"
- 1970 - "Three Acts to Grind"
- 1971 - "Three for All
- 1973 - "A Gypsy Takes a Bride"
- 1974 - "On Your Way Violet"
- 1975 - "Group Therapy"
- 1976 - "Revoltin' Developments"
- 1977 - "Double Play"
- 1978 - "It's About Time"
- 1979 - "Act Your Age"
- 1980 - "Wholly Moses or Up a Crooked River"
- 1981 - "Between the Covers"
- 1982 - "Triple Threat"
- 1983 - "Write On"
- 1984 - "Black and White and Read All Over"
- 1985 - "A Trivial Salute"
- 1986 - "Curtain Going Up?"
- 1987 - "In One Era, Out the Other"
- 1988 - "A Little Travelin' Music"
- 1989 - "Celebration"
- 1990 - "Something"
- 1991 - "Swell Hotel"
- 1992 - "Group Encounters"
- 1993 - "Long Ago and Far Away"
- 1994 - "A Murder Runs Through It"
- 1995 - "When in Rome It's Greek to Me"
- 1996 - "Ghost of a Chance"
- 1997 - "Never the Twain"
- 1998 - "It's Too, Too Divine"
- 2001 - "Let's Go to the Movies"
- 2002 - "A Class Act"
- 2003 - "This Just In"
- 2004 - "Our Show of Shows"
- 2005 - "Games People Play"
- 2006 - "Colonel Beauregard Tuna's Phantastical Grab Bag-o-Comedy"
External links
- Official page
- History, as researched by the Lakewood Public Library