Cleveland Play House presenting ‘Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End’

“One of our early memories was our mom at the dining room table holding The Cleveland Plain Dealer,” said Allison, calling from Pasadena, California. “She was laughing so hard that the newspaper was shaking. We’re going, ‘Mom, what’s so funny?”

“The only two words she could manage to get out were ‘Erma Bombeck.’ Shortly after that, we’d come home from school and fling the paper down on the ground so we could both read her column at the same time.”

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Chagrin Falls Natives Honor Journalist Erma Bombeck With Cleveland Play House Production

Chagrin Falls sister-duo Allison and Margaret Engle will premiere their production of Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End at the Cleveland Play House from July 29-August 20 at Outcalt Theatre in Playhouse Square. The play chronicles the life of trailblazer Erma Bombeck, one of the first women journalists to reach a national audience with her columns, eventually spanning across 900 newspapers in North America.

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