Meet Caitlyn Waltermire, Playwright of BY THE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL SEA

HCT is thrilled to be bringing you a World Premiere with BY THE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL SEA, the newest play from Caitlyn Waltermine. The production currently in rehearsal with HCT Artistic Director Eric Seale. Opening Night is Friday, February 18. 

Waltermire says she writes plays “primarily for ingenues who want something to do.”  She says her lionhead dwarf rabbit, Hildy is her primary antagonist.  She admits that she loves Roger Miller and iced Earl Grey tea.  She is also a member of the Dramatist Guild.

BY THE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL SEA, her world-premiere play about family and identity with an otherworldly twist, begins its run at Hickory Community Theatre in mid-February.  It's the story of Laura, a woman coping with tragedy and transformation. In the weeks following her sister’s funeral, mysterious scales begin to appear on Laura’s legs. Memories of their father’s book “Captain Peabody’s Fabulous Logbook of Nautical Creatures” lead her to suspect that she and her sister may not be exactly human. 

Waltermire’s first show, the musical ONE MORE FINE DAY, won “Best Ensemble” in Midtown Int'l Theatre Festival's 2017 Summer Season. Her subsequent plays have been (or will be) produced in New York, Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina, and Texas. They include: LITTLE BITES (Leeds Center for the Arts); DREARY, DEARIE (Cincy Fringe); WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO, KNOWING YOU’RE IN THE WORLD? (Seat of Our Pants Short Play Festival, winner of "Audience Pick" and "Judge's Pick,” judges including Tony-Award winner Cady Huffman and Broadway actor/Sirius XM radio host Christine Pedi); radio drama THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL alongside new works by Silas House and Frank X Walker (AthensWest Theatre Company and WUKY’s Last Minute Gifts), and SOAPWORLD (A LOVE STORY) (Gaslight-Baker Theatre).

The premiere of Waltermire’s BY THE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL SEA will be held Fridays and Saturdays, February 18 through March 5.at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, February 27 at 2:30 p.m.; and Thursday March 3 at 7:30 p.m. Opening night, February 18, features reduced-price tickets: $12 for adults and $10 for youth & students. Tickets for all other performances are $16 for adults and $10 for youth and students.

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets online or call the box office at 828-328-2283. Weekday box office hours are 12-5, Wednesday through Friday, or one half-hour before any performance.

Due to the increasing rate of Covid-19 cases in Catawba County, the Hickory Community requires that all patrons wear a mask  or other face covering while inside the building.

The HCT’s 73rd season is sponsored by Paramount Automotive and Sunbelt Xpress. HCT is a funded affiliate of the United Arts Council of Catawba County. 


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