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Know Theatre of Cincinnati

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Theater company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Know Theatre of Cincinnati is a non-profit theatre company located in the historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, which produces contemporary and collaborative theatre that tends to be challenging and thought-provoking. MainStage performances occur in a 99-seat versatile black box theatre. Know Theatre produces a MainStage season, a SecondStage Series, an Educational Series rooted in STEM concepts, and the annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Know Theatre of Cincinnati is a non-profit theatre company located in the historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, which produces contemporary and collaborative theatre that tends to be challenging and thought-provoking. MainStage performances occur in a 99-seat versatile black box theatre. Know Theatre produces a MainStage season, a SecondStage Series, an Educational Series rooted in STEM concepts, and the annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival. In 2010, Know Theatre launched the Jackson Street Market, a series of programs created to provide resources, foster collaborations, and to strengthen the local community of individual artists and independent arts organizations. Its goal is to retain artists in the city and create opportunities for them to make a living from their artistic endeavors. Know Theatre is part of an arts district in Over-the-Rhine with a number of diverse organizations including Art Academy of Cincinnati, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Music Hall.2

How it started

History

Prior to 2006, Know Theatre of Cincinnati was known as the Know Theatre Tribe and was housed at Gabriel's Corner in the fellowship hall of Salem United Church of Christ, 1425 Sycamore Street in Cincinnati, OH. Know Theatre moved into its new home on Jackson Street, merged with the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, and changed its name to Know Theatre of Cincinnati in 2006.

Know Theatre Tribe

The company was founded in the fall of 1997 when Jay B. Kalagayan formed a ‘tribe’ of artists who traveled to bookstores and venues in Cincinnati to perform original collaborative works. In 1999 the tribe took up its first residence in the basement of the church at Gabriel's Corner and produced a full season of plays.

In its early history, Know Theatre was best known for its 2003 production of Terrence McNally's play Corpus Christi. The production drew praise by winning a 2003 Post-Corbett Award and drew protests from religious groups, including a letter writing campaign in which over 20,000 post cards were mailed to the theatre.

Know Theatre of Cincinnati

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