“Our 36 year mission is to inspire children’s creativity through excellent shows and workshops.”

Barbara Ballance, Artistic/Administrative Director

THE ILLUSION FACTORY is an exciting children’s theater company of professional actors known for its excellent work. (And the best part is: we tour to you!)

Our purpose is to introduce theater to the young audience in an entertaining, thought provoking, and educational manner, which follows benchmarks of Ohio’s Academic Content Standards for Arts in Education. This is accomplished by hiring a top creative team of professionals; by selecting pl ay s fr om the best children’s literature and creating original plays with universal appeal; by presenting informative and fun residency workshops; by providing educational study guides and lively question and answer periods; and by reaching out to children with special needs as well as all socio-economic levels in the State of Ohio.