Towngate Theatre presents “Seascape"

Towngate Theatre presents “Seascape” by Christopher Durang, produced by Special Arrangement with DPS, Inc.

Shows take place May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 2025. Curtain is at 8pm Fridays and Saturdays. A 3pm matinee takes place Sunday, May 11.

Dennis Fox directs.

About the Play

**Winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

On a deserted stretch of beach a middle-aged couple, relaxing after a picnic lunch, talk idly about home, family and their life together. She sketches, he naps, and then, suddenly, they are joined by two sea creatures—lizards who have decided to leave the ocean depths and come ashore. Initial fear, and then suspicion of each other, are soon replaced by curiosity and, before long, the humans and the lizards (who speak admirable English) are engaged in a fascinating dialogue. The lizards, who are at a very advanced stage of evolution, are contemplating the terrifying, yet exciting, possibility of embarking on life out of the water; and the couple, for whom existence has grown flat and routine, holds the answers to their most urgent questions. These answers are given with warmth, humor and poetic eloquence, and with emotional and intellectual reverberations that will linger in the heart and mind long after the play has ended.

Get Tickets

Admission is $15 ($13 OI members). Purchase tickets online or call 304-242-7700.

Sponsored by Unified Bank with additional support from Misty & Joe Klug, Walt & Gloria Hartman, and Ron & Dana Presutti.

2024-25 Towngate Theatre Main Stage Season

“Pippin”
September 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 2024

“The Heiress”
November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 2024

“Dancing at Lughnasa”
March 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 2025

“Seascape”
May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 2025

Experience the magic of art onstage…

Towngate is the premiere venue for community theater in Wheeling. Enjoy an intimate theater experience. Marvel at and applaud the talent of local actors. Experience a variety of though-provoking, heartwarming, comedic and historically significant works from renowned playwrights and talented newcomers. When watching a stage production, you are transported into a different world. Escape from reality and feel the energy created by sharing an intimate space with actors and fellow theatergoers. Live action happens right before your eyes. There’s no app for that!  Furthermore, theater is a social experience meant to be shared with one another. So, bring your family and friends and meet new friends, too. And, most importantly, support your local actors, directors, stage managers, set and costume designers. They spend months working to bring characters and stories to life. Their efforts produce amazing art time and time again.

Towngate: Where Community Meets Creativity

Towngate is a cornerstone of creative life in Wheeling and serves as an entertainment destination for residents of the Ohio Valley and beyond. People of all ages and backgrounds gather here to create and experience art onstage. Most of all, Towngate celebrates the essential power of theater to illuminate our common humanity. The community enjoys and participates in hundreds of live performances, classes and workshops year-round.