Karamu House: A Turning Point
Karamu House presents A Turning Point, a stage production that includes poetry, prose, music, and movement, featuring work from Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, and contemporary artists, to celebrate the exhibition Karamu Artists Inc.: Printmaking, Race, and Community.
Karamu House Announces 2024-25 Mainstage Theatre Season Beginning With An Ossie Davis Classic
CLEVELAND, Ohio– July 30, 2024: Karamu’s 2024-25 mainstage theatre season opens with Ossie Davis’s high energy classic, and a most recent Broadway feature, Purlie Victorious, directed by Treva Offutt who also directed last season’s opener, Clyde’s.
Karamu House Announces Homecoming Benefit Weekend
CLEVELAND, Ohio– July 1, 2024: Homecoming: Celebrating the completion of the Theatre WingPhase III Renovations. Since 2017, Karamu has brought new life to its historic home including upgrades to two theatres, interior and exterior renovations, a new marquee, the addition of a bistro and a fully enclosed pavilion.
Karamu House Announces A Continuation Of Responsible Stewardship
CLEVELAND, Ohio– March 19, 2024: Karamu House, after more than a year of careful study and consideration of priorities, is announcing the postponement of its season-end production and the simultaneous launch of an extensive effort to conduct strategic
Breakfast at the Bookstore’ explores Cleveland history, Black activism and UFOs
Space men, Cleveland and a young woman’s journey with life, love and Black activism all collide in “The Breakfast at the Bookstore,” written by Cleveland playwright Lisa Langford and set in an East Side Cleveland neighborhood.
Playhouse Square Establishes “Affiliate Company” Relationship with Karamu House
Cleveland, OH – Playhouse Square is proud to announce Karamu House as its first “Affiliate Company,” a designation for established, professional Northeast Ohio arts organizations that are significant to our cultural life and have a relationship with Playhouse Square.
Room In The House
Karamu House announces seventeen (17) local artists receiving awards through Room in the House fellowship (RITH). With generous support from Cuyahoga County residents through a Support for Artists grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
Mandel Foundation awards $4 million challenge grant to Cleveland’s Karamu House
In an effort to “support the remaining infrastructure and capital improvements to the campus in the Fairfax neighborhood in Cleveland,” the Mandel Foundation has awarded a $4 million challenge grant to the Karamu House.
Cleveland stop for Governor DeWine, Lt. Governor Husted on Ohio Tourism Day
Governor Mike DeWine and Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted made a stop at the Karamu House Theater in Cleveland Wednesday morning to promote Ohio Tourism Day and announce the state’s new tourism tagline. Read More