Beyond the Sea.

August 24 - September 4

A new romantic comedy by Kristen Da Silva

Featuring Jane Spence and Jeffrey Wetsch

Directed by Derek Ritschel

On a small-town pier, Theo waits for a date long overdue. Gwen works the town’s Ghost Tour ticket booth. A pair of strangers whose unexpected conversation may change the destiny of their lost souls forever.

Beyond the Sea is a perfect balance of wit and empathy as Theo and Gwen explore love, loss and the importance of looking forward. No one is perfect … and in the end, that may be the greatest strength that we all share.

Beyond the Sea was generously sponsored by Infinite Horizons

Company

Playwright
Kristen Da Silva

Performed by
Jane Spence
Jeffrey Wetsch

Director, Set Designer
& Sound Designer
Derek Rischel

Props & Sound Designer
Hailey Parker

Costume Designer
Alice Barnett

Stage Manager
Tamara Vuckovic

"I didn’t expect to have my heart broken by Gwen and Theo, the two exquisitely drawn characters in Beyond the Sea. But there you go. Real theatre can have a way of sneaking up on you when you least expect it. It does for sure in Da Silva’s heartwarming new play about loss, longing and the possibility of brave fulfillment. Her look at two life-scarred characters, who meet by serendipity one late afternoon on a pier, perhaps in Port Dover, is enchanting...
Her dialogue is natural and moving, even when she allows Gwen to fly off into some fantasy world about the sea and the poor drowned “Woman in White” from a Victorian novel. And then there’s Theo. Even when he’s at his most incredible, explaining the neglect and stupidity that lost him his bored and unfaithful wife, we want to hug him...it is 75 minutes of pure wonderful theatre."
– THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR