Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company to Stage THE SEA

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company presents Edward Bond's The Sea, a comedy based on Shakespeare's, The Tempest, which emphasizes the strengths and weaknesses between humans and society while challenging the audience to strive for change in the world.

Directed by David Cabot, The Sea runs November 11-20 and December 1-4 in the Studio Theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave. Performances will be at 8 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Adult tickets are $20 on Thursdays and matinees, $24 on Friday/Saturday evenings, students and seniors are $10 and can be purchased by calling the Pittsburgh Playhouse box office at 412-392-8000 or visiting www.pittsburghplayhouse.com. The Thursday, Nov. 10 preview performance is sold out and others are selling out quickly.

"This play moves from pathos to tragedy to insanity to hilarity, keeping the audience on The Edge of their seats," said Cabot.

Set in the Edwardian world of 1907, when a roiling storm hits a small seaside village, Willy is unable to save his friend from drowning. His betrothed mourns the loss, while the eccentric cast of townsfolk is unable to help, with worry about aliens, drunkenness, and small-town thinking taking over.

The Conservatory Theatre Company production features scenic design by Johnmichael Bohach, costumes by Michael Montgomery, lighting by Carrie Yacono, sound by StEve Shapiro, and dialect coaching by Nancy Bach.

David Cabot is proud to continue his long affiliation with the Pittsburgh Playhouse and Point Park University. He graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts in 1990 and went on to get his MFA in Acting from the University of Minnesota in 1993. He then spent a season at The Guthrie Theatre and 9 years in the Acting Company at The Children's Theatre Company appearing in over 40 productions, including 4 appearances as the Grinch in the Dr. Seuss classic. He returned to Pittsburgh and Point Park in 2002 and has appeared at the REP in nearly 20 productions and directed productions of The Masque of Beauty and the Beast, The Emperor's New Clothes, Luna and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. He is currently on the faculty at Pittsburgh's Creative and Performing Arts high school (CAPA) and has appeared in productions at Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Barebones, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Stage Right and St. Vincent Summer Theatre.