The Seton Hill University Theatre and Dance Program will present the comedy “Cloud 9” by Caryl Churchill October 3 to 11 in the William Granger Ryan Theatre, Performing Arts Center, 100 Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Pa. Tickets are $16, with student and group rates available. A reception catered by Greensburg’s Sun Dawg Café follows the opening night performance on October 3. Call the Seton Hill Performing Arts Center Box Office for tickets at 724-552-2929 or purchase tickets online.

A gender-bending, wickedly funny and subversive satire, “Cloud 9” challenges society’s conventions concerning sex, race, class and personal identity. Act One is set in 1880 Africa with the philandering Clive, his lovely and unhappy wife, Betty, their precocious children and restless servants. Act Two takes place 100 years later in London, with the same characters transformed. Churchill skewers the hypocrisy and human cost of imperialism as it spans continents and generations.

Performances: October 3, 4, 9, 10, 11: 8 p.m.; October 5: 2 p.m.

The Seton Hill student cast of “Cloud 9” includes: Layne Bailey of Wexford, Pa.; Jessica Hyland of Chemung, N.Y.; Gregory Messmer of Jefferson Hills, Pa.; Joshua Reardon of McMurray, Pa.; Kelsey Riker of Douglassville, Pa.; Mathew Sartore of Bethel Park, Pa.; Sienna Sears of St. Louis, Mo. and William Smolter of Glenshaw, Pa.

The Seton Hill student technical staff includes Kathleen Adler of Springdale, Pa., scenic artist; Sarah Chelli of Lawrence, Pa., assistant stage manager; Michaela Fisher of Connellsville, Pa., electrics crew; Tosha Gaumer of Walnutport, Pa., scenic artist; Ryan Hall of Greensburg, Pa., dresser; Kaylee Hansberry of New Kensington, Pa., assistant stage manager; Taylor Horton of Everett, Pa., dresser; Lindsey Lawrence of Carnegie, Pa., house manager; Nicole Makos of Coplay, Pa., assistant lighting designer and electrics crew; Jayme Martin of McAlisterville, Pa., master electrician; Hayley McLean of Elkridge, Md., costume prep manager and wardrobe manager; Kathleen Montefiori of North East, Pa., hair and make-up stylist; Chelsea Pawlak of Belle Vernon, Pa., dresser; Lakin Pebley of Everett, Pa., properties artisan; Kaylynn Raupers of Athens, Pa., scenic artist; Katelynn Reist of Cleona, Pa., scenic artist; Kristina Riggans of New Castle, Pa., hair and make-up stylist; Madison Ringer of Markleton, Pa., milliner; Rebecca Schirf of Blandburg, Pa., electrics crew; Sienna Sears of St. Louis, Mo., scenic artist; Courtney Seibert of Chambersburg, Pa., sound board operator; William Smolter of Glenshaw, Pa., make-up manager; and Eric Wielock of Leeper, Pa., light board operator.

Seton Hill Theatre’s production of “Cloud 9” is directed by CT Steele, adjunct instructor of theatre. Professional artistic staff for the production includes Ken Clothier, assistant professor of theatre, scenic designer; Ryan McMasters, adjunct instructor of theatre, sound designer; Vincent Lobello, technical director; Susan O’Neill, instructor of theatre, costume director; and Deborra Bergmark-Peelor, adjunct instructor of theatre, lighting designer.

Venue Information: All Seton Hill University Theatre and Dance performances are held in the William Granger Ryan Theatre in Seton Hill’s Performing Arts Center, 100 Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Pa. The Performing Arts Center is a fully accessible and climate-controlled facility. Parking is available in four nearby Greensburg parking areas: the Bell Parking Garage on North Otterman Street (across the street from the Performing Arts Center), the Hellman-Ghrist lot on North Main Street, the Albert Grillo lot on Seton Hill Drive and the Wib Albright lot off West Otterman Street.

Ticket Information: Single admission tickets are $16. Seton Hill students (with valid ID) can purchase tickets for $5. Non-Seton Hill students (with a valid school ID) can purchase advance tickets for $13. Students from any school can purchase rush tickets five minutes before curtain, subject to availability, for $5 (with valid school ID). Groups of six or more can purchase tickets at a rate of $11 each with a reservation and advance payment. Order tickets online, by phone at 724-552-2929, or by mail at SHUPAC Theatre Box Office, Seton Hill University, 1 Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, Pa. 15601-1599. Box Office Hours, by telephone: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Extended hours on performance days: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sunday.

Seton Hill University’s Performing Arts Center is 73,000 square feet of everything a performing arts major needs to move from student to professional. The Center houses two dedicated, flexible performance spaces, the Carol Ann Reichgut Concert Hall and the William Granger Ryan Theatre. The Center also includes a performance studio, new classrooms, rehearsal rooms and technical areas that include the best equipment for learning and performing, from Steinway pianos to the latest in lighting, sound, video and acoustics. The Center is located in downtown Greensburg, putting it squarely in the middle of the city’s cultural district yet still only minutes from Seton Hill’s main hilltop campus.

The Seton Hill University Theatre and Dance Program has a long history of educating performing arts majors for professional careers while playing a vital role in the educational life of the campus. Seton Hill’s Theatre and Dance Program offers four full-length productions (as well as a number of shorter works) and two dance productions each year that generate audiences of over 3,500 and speak to topics addressed in courses across Seton Hill’s curriculum. For more information on the Theatre and Dance Program at Seton Hill, please visit www.setonhill.edu or call 724-552-2934.