Season Pass for OMEGA & ALPHA: Seat of the Pants' 2024-2025 Line-Up

Our 2024-2025 Season, OMEGA & ALPHA focuses on ENDINGS - of a relationship, a belief system, a life, a family unit, a home, and much more. The challenge that lies before each of our protagonists is: what comes next? Will that be the end of the story - or might there be unexpected new BEGINNINGS somewhere in the ashes of what has passed? There are a lot of RE words in these plays. REmorse. REgret. REbirth. REnewal. REgeneration. REdo. REformed. And on and on and on. Many fascinating ways of dealing with forks in the road that can lead to "deaths" or "new life." The shows included in this year's season are:

SALON SERIES
Oct 5, 2024 / January 2025 / April 2025 / July 2025
Two Showings of Each - one in Cleveland, and the other in Canton or Akron

One slot of our season - usually given over to a single full production - will be dedicated to our Salon Series, where - four times over the course of the year - we'll focus on brand new work, hearing plays read aloud for the first time. Beginnings of a totally different sort! Each reading will be followed by a talkback with the playwright where audience members will be asked curated questions that will guide next steps in edits and re-writes. And there will also be an opportunity for our patrons to ask questions about the playwright's experience in crafting the piece up to this point. This is another way that we're trying to celebrate process and development as the hallmark of great theatre-making.

GRAND CONCOURSE
by Heidi Schreck

October 11-27, 2024
Christ Episcopal Church, Cleveland

Having dedicated her life to religious service as a nun, Shelley runs a Bronx soup kitchen with unsentimental efficiency, but lately her heart’s not quite in it. Her brisk nature masks an unsettling fear that her efforts are meaningless. When Emma – an idealistic but confused college dropout – arrives to volunteer, her reckless mix of generosity and self-involvement pushes Shelley to the breaking point. With keen humor and startling compassion, Heidi Schreck’s play navigates the mystery of faith, the limits of forgiveness, and the pursuit of something resembling joy.

AMERIKIN
by Chisa Hutchinson

March 14-30, 2025
LatinUs Theatre, Cleveland

When new father Jeff Browning receives the results of an ancestry test that he's taken to gain admittance to a white supremacist brotherhood, he gets an unexpected surprise. What transpires garners the attention of a prominent Black journalist-- attention that Jeff (and his small town) aren't sure they want. A dark comedy about the lengths we'll go to to feel connected to something larger than ourselves, AMERIKIN makes a passionate and provocative case for walking a mile in someone else's shoes - regardless of the cost.

THE FIRST SNOW OF SUMMER
by Eric Coble

June 13-29, 2025
The Darl Center for the Arts, Cleveland

We're thrilled to announce that we’ll be producing the world premiere of a brand new piece by Cleveland-based, award-winning playwright Eric Coble, developed through one of our own playwright workshops. In the face of an oncoming natural disaster, a family gathers at their childhood home in the mountains of Colorado. As the clock ticks, old wounds open and new opportunities for connection arise, even as mysterious omens encroach from the surrounding woods. Amidst laughter, tears, and unexpected outbursts, the clan is forced to confront who and what is worth saving when the end draws near.

This season pass gets you:

• a single ticket to each of our three main shows and each of the four readings at a discounted rate (or you can use them flexibly if you want to have two tickets for two shows, or any other combo)
• reserved seating, so you don't have to show up early to claim a seat
• a free concession for each show,
• invitations to VIP events, like open rehearsals and meet-and-greets with the casts
• reminder e-mails as each show approaches and it's time to pick your night to attend.
  
  Seat of the Pants' 2024-2025 season is made possible in part by the generous support of The Cleveland Foundation.
  

Host or Publisher Seat of the Pants Productions