Join us for our 2025 Colombi New Plays Festival!
This annual festival includes 3 weekends of readings of new works by local playwrights!

The Colombi New Plays Festival introduces Cleveland audiences, through public readings, to new works written by Cleveland writers, most often in the early stages of development. Some scripts can also be in various stages of re-writing/creation. Playwrights curate post reading survey questions to garner audience feedback that can help them to further develop their work! The festival creates a platform for writers, readers, and audiences to work in collaborative ways. Be a part of the playwriting process! This years festival will go from March 7th-March 23rd and take place in three locations throughout Northeast Ohio! John Carroll University, Disciples Christian Church, & Dunham Tavern. Click Learn More for a complete festival schedule of plays and location addresses!

The 2025 Colombi New Plays Festival is supported in part by
The Harry K. & Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation & The George Gund Foundation.

Directed by Tom Fulton :: May 8-25, 2025
Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, Georgie spots Alex, a much older man, and plants a kiss on his neck. This electric encounter thrusts these two strangers into a fascinating and life-changing game. Simon Stephens’ sharply original HEISENBERG brings to blazing, theatrical life the uncertain and often comical sparring match that is human connection. From the same playwright who brought us “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime”

“On its surface, [HEISENBERG] is a satisfyingly sentimental, life-affirming mating dance between two people who are so utterly dissimilar that of course they are made for each other. But if you choose to tune into the quieter frequencies, you’ll detect the presence of a probing work that considers the multiplicity of alternatives that could shape our lives at every moment.” —The New York Times.

Our Community Events!!

We will be planning ”One-Off” events through out the year that will include some educational tours,
poetry slams, and more! Stay tuned for more information on our community events here!!

2024-2025 Ensemble Membership ( $75 for  Adults, $70 for Seniors, and $35 for Students) provides access to both MainStage events and community programs that will be shared through out the year!
Single Tickets will go on sale at the end of November!

We also encourage you to include Ensemble in your End-of Year giving.  
We would no still be here without all of you!!

Thanks for supporting Ensemble as we navigate new places and new spaces while continuing our
award-winning work for the 24/25 season!

With Sincere Gratitude, Celeste Cosentino, Executive Artistic Director

Earlier this season:

A series Nicole Sumlin (SumMedia Productions) along with Ensemble Executive Artistic Director Celeste Cosentino started virtually during the pandemic, this series focuses on short plays that take on big themes, sharing the black experience with Cleveland audiences. This year will be our SECOND in person presentation, presenting staged productions of the two pieces we presented virtually in our first episode.
Two weekends Only!! This Years Episode Included: 

POOF! By Lynn Nottage

When a housewife comes to the end of her rope with her abusive husband, she doesn't expect him to spontaneously combust. Now she has a pile of ashes on the floor, and a life to reclaim!

Directed by Nicole Sumlin
Starring:
Mary-Francis R. Miller & Katrice Headd

October 25th-November 3rd, 20204

Performed in THE CHAPEL of DISCIPLES CHRISTIAN CHURCH :: 3663 Mayfield Rd. Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

Directed by Becca Moseley :: Performed February 7th-23rd, 2025.
There's trouble in the water and only Dr. Tammie Stockman can sound the alarm. Set in a mid-sized Rust-Belt city during the Trump era, this adaptation of An Enemy of the People delves into questions that were as pertinent for Ibsen as they are today. What inspires people to action? Can scientific discovery mobilize outcomes when economic opportunities are at stake, and fear is pervasive? Will Tammie sacrifice everything, her job, her friends, her family-
-for the truth? Or is she just the enemy of the peoplee?

”Ensemble Theatre’s Production of ‘Enemy of the People’ Follows a Timeless Theme” -Cleveland Scene