Seascape at New Mexico Actors Lab

A bit of seaside fantasy serves as the platform for Albee’s deep dive into Evolution, Aging, Prejudice and, of course, Marriage.  Nicholas Ballas’ direction of SEASCAPE will feature company regulars Leslie Harrell Dillen, Robert Nott, and Hania Stocker, and it will mark Santa Fean Emily Rankin’s debut with NMAL.  SEASCAPE is the third production of NMAL’s 2023 season, opening on September 6 and running through Sunday, September 24.  Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday performances begin at 2 p.m. There is a talkback session after the show on Sunday, September 17. All performances will be held at NMAL’s permanent home, the Lab Theater, located at 1213 Parkway Drive in Santa Fe – one block from Meow Wolf. 

The New Yorker proclaims, “Of all of Mr. Albee’s plays, SEASCAPE is the most exquisitely written.” Like many of Albee's plays, it focuses on interpersonal relationships and in this case between two couples, one human, one amphibian. The overriding theme, according to Mr. Ballas, is how the power of love becomes an engine of transformation and ultimately evolution.  SEASCAPE has elements of comedy, fantasy, satire and absurdism. The emotional and intellectual reverberations of this bizarre and compelling play will linger in the heart and the mind long after the curtain falls. And we have Albee’s own wry observation: “SEASCAPE wonders whether we are an evolving species or perhaps a devolving one.”  You can decide for yourself after seeing NMAL’s production!

Authors

• Edward Albee