Make Believe
by Bess Wohl
Directed by Bridget Leak
September 10–26, 2026
Four siblings grapple with the omnipresent ghosts of their childhood.

| Wednesday, September 9 | 7:30pm | Invited Preview Performance |
| Thursday, September 10 | 7:30pm | Opening Night |
| Friday, September 11 | 7:30pm | |
| Saturday, September 12 | 7:30pm | |
| Sunday, September 13 | 2:00pm | |
| *Thursday, September 17 | 7:30pm | Welcome Thursday Performance |
| Friday, September 18 | 7:30pm | |
| Saturday, September 19 | 7:30pm | |
| Sunday, September 20 | 2:00pm | |
| +Monday, September 21 | 7:30pm | Arts & Service Industry Monday Performance |
| *Thursday, September 24 | 7:30pm | Welcome Thursday Performance |
| Friday, September 25 | 7:30pm | ASL Interpreted Performance |
| Saturday, September 26 | 7:30pm | Closing Night |
About The Show
Regional Premiere – MainStage
The four Conlee kids have arrived home from grade school, hungry and tired, but their parents are nowhere to be found and the downstairs phone keeps ringing. Thirty years later, the four siblings return to grapple with the childhood ghosts that still haunt their lives. From the writer of Camp Siegfried comes a mystery about the lingering impact of childhood trauma.
Rated: PG-13 for depiction of child abandonment and discussion of addiction and sexual abuse
About the Cast
Ryker Sohmer (Chris)
Layla Rowley (Kate)
Giselle Aagard (Addie)
Bennet Kreit (Carl)
Leo Jenkins (Adult Chris)
Merritt Beischel (Adult Kate)
Tess Talbot (Adult Addie)
Nathan Tubbs (Adult Carl)
Lillian Murphy (Kate/Addie Understudy)
James Murphy (Chris/Carl Understudy)
Production Team: Adler Tomeo (Assistant Director), Sam Reno (Scenic Designer), Marly Wooster (Lighting Designer), Noelle Wedig-Johnston (Costume Designer), Trey Tatum (Sound Designer), Rebecca Armstrong (Properties Designer), Ri Moodie (Fight Choreographer), Jayley Sams (Youth Actor Coordinator), and Drew Homan (Technical Director.) Production Stage Manager is Rebecca Armstrong.
*Welcome Thursdays: $15 advance reservations & pay-what-you-wish walk-up tickets (available one-hour prior to performance)
+Arts & Service Industry Night: $20 tickets
Doors & Underground Bar open one hour prior to start time
Evening performances begin at 7:30pm
Sunday matinee performances begin at 2:00pm
PLAYING AT KNOW THEATRE
1120 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
