Rubber City Theatre — Attraction in Akron

Dane Leasure is a renowned Shakespearean scholar and the creative force behind one of the country's finest millennial theater companies: RUBBER CITY THEATRE. With a scarce budget and even sparser staging, he and his impressive cast and crew have produced staggeringly outstanding productions of ”JULIUS CAESAR”, ”LEAR”, ”LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST ”and more recent presentations of ”SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Final Adventure”, ”A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE”, and ”THE RESOLUTIONIST”, as well as perennial favorites like Charles Dicken's ”A CHRISTMAS CAROL”. Their new location at 243 Furnace St, Akron, OH 44304 is accessible, well lit, and very...

Love that they produce original and new works. I will say that the production value is just ok on everything I've seen. The sets are okay and the lighting is pretty good but I have seen at least 5 shows here and the costumes were lazy at best and also zero plus size people were on stage in White Christmas. I know this theater is capable of doing better though so I will not go...

They've got good shows and actors but sometimes the words can be difficult to hear because the theater is inside the sanctuary. The sanctuary has a high, cathedral ceiling. Hearing all the words is especially important whenever they play Shakespeare. I left a Shakespeare show at intermission because I couldn't...