Dobama Theatre presents 'The Seafarer'

Dobama Theatre announces the third show of its 52nd season—the Cleveland premiere of "The Seafarer" by Conor McPherson, which runs from Dec. 2–18. 

"The Seafarer" takes place in the home of two aging bachelor brothers. One man is blind and on a bender; the other is unemployed and on the wagon. On Christmas Eve, they hold an all-night, liquor-soaked poker game with some friends. The arrival of a mysterious stranger drives the action of the game to the highest stakes imaginable. The play, a Tony award winner, is a tale of the sea, Ireland and redemption.

Playwright Conor McPherson was born in Ireland in 1971. He attended the Dublin’s University College, where he began to write and direct. His plays, many of which have won prestigious awards, include "The Weir" (winner of an Olivier Award), "Shining City" (Tony Award nomination for Best Play), and "St. Nicholas" (currently playing at Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland Heights).

Scott Miller served as the director of the theater arts program at Cleveland School of the Arts and artistic director of The Children’s Theater of Charlotte, in North Carolina. He is also the founding artistic director of The Orange Summer Shakespeare Festival, a theater program for urban teenagers in New Jersey. Miller directed "Dead Man’s Cell Phone" for Dobama Theater last season, and "Bunnicula" for The Cleveland Play House. He has also worked as an actor appearing in Off-Broadway and regional theater productions, and locally in "I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda" for Dobama.

Regular ticket prices range from $10 for students and preview performances to $26 for regular admission Friday and Saturday nights ($21 Thursdays and Sundays), with discounts for seniors. RUSH tickets for patrons 21 and younger are $5, when available, and may be purchased no earlier than five minutes before curtain time.

To order tickets, call the Dobama box office at 216-932-3396 or visit www.dobama.org.