Rabbit Run Theater, with its quaint and rustic surroundings, has been a live theater mainstay in Northeast Ohio for generations. Its charm and pastoral setting irresistibly draw patrons each summer to see the theatrics that will unfold in this temple of drama. The appeal of Rabbit Run Theater lies not only in its sylvan setting but also in its aged edifice, which give visitors a "cozy, comfortable" feeling. 

Rabbit Run Theater

One of Ohio's few remaining barn theaters.

fall barn

Rabbit Run Theater, remains the strongest example of the artistic spirit that began so many years ago.  Each year, over 8,000 patrons attend the summer season.  With four main stage productions, a special production just for youth and a Children’s Summer Theater Arts Camp, “the barn” is constantly filled with actors, technicians, students, volunteers and patrons.  All have come to consider Rabbit Run Theater as a local gem to be nurtured and treasured.

Our Past productions
back to 1980

2007

Forever Plaid
Having Our Say, the Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years
Swing!
Little Women, the Broadway Musical
Fallen Angels

2006

Born Yesterday
Enchanted April
CATS
Ragtime
The Cemetery Club

2005

Nunsense
Driving Miss Daisy
Once on This Island
The Music Man
I Hate Hamlet

2004

The Dining Room
Honk!
Brighton Beach Memoirs
The Secret Garden
Who’s On First?

2003

Mornings’ At Seven
What The Bellhop Saw
Meet Me In St. Louis
Wait Until Dark

2002

The Fantasticks
Arsenic and Old Lace
Damn Yankees
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940

2001

Harvey
The Odd Couple – Female Version
South Pacific
Out of Order

2000

The 1940’s Radio Hour
Plaza Suite
Run For Your Wife
State Fair

1999

A Chorus Line
The Importance of Being Earnest
Noises Off
The Pajama Game

1998

Don’t Dress For Dinner
Li’l Abner
You Can’t Take it With You
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown

1997

Bell, Book and Candle
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes really Reflect Up
Oliver
Sex, Love and the I.R.S.

1996

The Odd Couple
Sit Back and Wait “Till Sunrise
Steel Magnolias
Twelve Angry Men
West Side Story

1995

The Curious Savage
The Four Poster
Lend Me a Tenor
Shadowlands
Singing In The Rain

1994

Annie Get Your Gun
Rumors
The Runner Stumbles
Ten Little Indians

1993

Brigadoon
The Glass Menagerie
Poor Richard
Private Lives

1992

Anything Goes
Barefoot in the Park
On Golden Pond
Yes, My Darling Daughter

1991

Babes In Arms
Blithe Spirit
Deathtrap
The Miracle Worker

1990

Guys and Dolls
The Lion In Winter
See How They Run
Taking Steps

1989

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum
The Middle Ages
Move Over Mrs. Markham
The Nerd

1988

The Foreigner
The Little Foxes
Man of La Mancha
Relatively Speaking

1987

6 Rms Riv Vu
The Hot L Baltimore
Mousetrap
The Sound of Music

1986

The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
Foxfire
How the Other Half Loves
Tribute

1985

Crimes of the Heart
Harvey
The Music Man
Our Town

1984

Absurd Person Singular
Angel Street
Fiddler on the Roof
Winesburg, Ohio
You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running

1983

Cabaret
The Curious Savage
Inherit the Wind
Night Watch
Some of My Best Friends

1982

Ah Wilderness
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
The Rainmaker
Veronica’s Room
Working

1981

Absence of a Cello
Catch Me If You Can
Company
Jacque Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris
A Thousand Clowns

1980

The Good Doctor
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Prisoner of Second Avenue