Funded by The PEGS Foundation and The Akron Community Fund – Arts and Cultural Grant, the $5 Bucks Series is an important component of WRP’s stated mission to to engage, inspire, entertain, and challenge audiences, by celebrating the essential power of theatre created by local artists.

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Past Performances:

22 Oct

Posted at 21:52h in 2024, Drama, Past5Bucks, Play

WRP’s $5 Bucks Series continues with full performances (not simply staged readings) of Dr. Faustus by Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe, who transformed the Faust legend into the English language's first...

05 Oct

Posted at 16:12h in 2023, Past5Bucks

Dive into a festive theatrical treat with the Western Reserve Playhouse's two-night special on November 17 & 18, 2023. For just $5.00, witness the revival of our beloved stage reading...

15 Apr

Posted at 21:39h in 2022, Past5Bucks

Beyond Therapy explores Prudence and Bruce, Manhattanites seeking a stable romantic relationship, who each place a personal ad in the newspaper. Their first meeting proves to be disastrous and the...

15 Apr

Posted at 19:46h in 2022, Past5Bucks

A Lesson from Aloes is a 1978 play by South African playwright Athol Fugard. Set in 1963 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, this important play gives a compelling portrait of...

24 Mar

Posted at 13:39h in 2022, Past5Bucks

Death and the Maiden is a 1990 play by Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman. Set in an unnamed country that is, like the author's native Chile, emerging from a totalitarian dictatorship,...