SELKIE’S MUMMERS AUDITIONS
Selkie Theatre continues to schedule auditions for actors, musicians and dancers interested in joining Selkie’s new Irish Mummers troupe, The Selkie Strawboys. Selkie’s Mummers will debut at Bethlehem’s Celtic Classic Festival in late September.
Irish Mumming is a mad, magical mix of music, dance, storytelling, and acting; though centering around Mummers plays and tales, it is also very interactive and improvisational. The Selkie Mummers will perform at outdoor events and festivals, as well as offer heritage and educational outreach programs for students, adults and groups.
Selkie Theatre Mummers perform (from our Archives)
Auditions at Unitarian Universalist Church have ended. And if you could not make our auditions, but are still interested in being a Mummer, please contact Selkie Theatre for more information, at 610-351-3526 or selkietheatre@gmail.com; also see www.selkietheatre.org.
COMING TO CELTIC CLASSIC…
Hello all,
Just a quick note to say thank you for joining us for the first Selkie Seisiun the other week…it was a wonderful night! A great turnout, a good reading of Bill Thobaben’s newest piece, exciting, interesting feedback and conversation – and a lovely sense of community. Thank you all for creating that!
Some of you left scripts with us that night – we’re still reading them, and will be in touch shortly. We’ll also email everyone before the August 19 Seisiun with suggestions as to what we’d like to hear read that night.
If you’ve a script that you’d like to have read, get in touch with us beforehand or bring the script to the Seisiun. Right now, we’ve enough pieces to choose from for August 19, but it’s smart to get your piece “in line”, and remember – we can always start meeting twice a month if desired.
Please spread the word to friends and especially actors, and remember – the next Seisiun is Thursday, August 19 at Donegal Square/McCarthy’s again. We understand the there WILL be an Irish Music Session starting in the tea room at 6; we’ll start upstairs at 7 on the dot. We’ll be there at 6, so if folks want to treat 6-7 as a social time to come, hear a bit of music, get a cuppa tea, and talk, that would be great. If we’re still talking at 9, we’ll figure out where to go and continue the conversation!
warm regards,
Kate & George
In June, we will be be presenting “Selkie Sessions”, a new play-reading / play development series just for the Valley theatre community… details coming soon! Playwrights – have a new script-in-progress? A piece that you need to hear read -but not quite ready for a public reading? Get in touch – Selkie Sessions is for you!
The reviews are in. The Morning Call’s Steven Siegel writes about his experience during Saturday night’s performance of “People’s History of the United States”. To quote Mr Siegel: “lines were delivered with so much conviction and clarity that suspension of disbelief became second nature”. Read the complete article in Tuesday’s Morning Call or online.
Saturday night’s performance was a huge success. Selkie would like to thank the cast, crew, musicians, and anybody else who helped create our “Voices”. We especially want to thank all those who came out in support of the Valley return of Selkie Theatre, and Kate Scuffle and George Miller. We’re back… and stirring things up a bit!
That’s right, in less than 24 hours, Howard Zinn’s “Voices of a People’s History of the United States” will come alive! Allow us to raise your consciousness and offer inspiration, while you listen to these “real” American Heroes. Join us on Saturday evening at 8pm, at Bethlehem’s Unitarian Universalist Church, for the Pennsylvania Premiere of “Voices”.
Saturday’s Morning Call has a wonderful feature story on Selkie Theatre, including a side story on Howard Zinn and a listing of the cast of Selkie’s “Voices”. It’s time for you to catch up on what’s going on with Selkie Theatre, and with Kate and George. But of utmost importance, we just want to remind you about next Saturday’s performance of Howard Zinn’s “Voices of a People’s History” at 8pm at Bethlehem’s Unitarian Universalist Church on Center St..
If you happen to be out in South Bethlehem this Friday night during First Friday, watch for Selkie performers standing on a soapbox and presenting excerpts from Howard Zinn’s “Voices of a People’s History of the United States”. But if you can’t make it on Friday, please mark your calendar for the full performance happening next Saturday, March 13 at 8pm at Bethlehem’s Unitarian Universalist Church.
Selkie Theatre announces a change in date for their concert-reading of Howard Zinn’s “VOICES OF THE PEOPLE SPEAK”. Originally scheduled for Saturday, March 6, “VOICES…” has now moved to Saturday, March 13 at 8pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethlehem.
The only change is the date, moving “VOICES…” back one week due to a scheduling conflict with Lepoco’s Annual Dinner & fundraiser (set for Saturday, March 6 – see www.lepoco.org for details!). Lepoco members and supporters have expressed a desire to attend both events, and Selkie Theatre is happy to serve the Valley community by making that possible.
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