The Pulitzer Prize-winning play Edward Albee’s Seascape begins Friday. With Albee’s signature wit, Seascape tackles two of his favorite subjects - marriage and what it means to be human.

Nathan Winkelstein, Seascape Director

“In Seascape, playwright Edward Albee provides a different lens through which to watch ‘normal’ behavior. He asks us to question whether our ‘norms’ are in fact truly normal, and others’ ‘abnormal’ natures are truly abnormal, or whether deep down, we might be more similar to anthropomorphic sea creatures than we think. I am thrilled and humbled to bring Seascape to the Neuhaus and Edward Albee back home to Alley Theatre.”

From major American playwright and Alley favorite Edward Albee comes a Pulitzer Prize-winning play that tackles two of the playwright’s favorite subjects: marriage and what it means to be human. With his signature wit, Albee introduces a middle-aged couple, Nancy and Charlie, taking a stroll on a deserted beach. Facing retirement, they argue with comfortable familiarity about how to spend the rest of their lives. When a second couple, Sea Creatures Sarah and Leslie, arrives from the depths of the ocean, a pitched encounter, both surreal and profound, ensues. It seems that Sarah and Leslie are also at a turning point in their lives and they are also like no other couple Nancy and Charlie have ever met. A tender and often laugh-out-loud love story, told by way of an unusual marriage counseling session.

Content Advisory: Seascape contains brief discussions of Sexual Situations and a short instance of Violence, as well as conversations about suicide and infidelity, as two couples discuss the nature of long-term relationships and of life. To learn more about the content of this show, please click here for our content advisory page.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Play

Edward Albee’s

Seascape

Directed by Nathan Winkelstein

October 14 – November 13

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