Kate Scuffle
Program HostKate Scuffle is an administrator, producer, educator, writer and artist in the non-profit/arts communities. Kate worked in theatre/arts admin in NYC and Philadelphia before coming to the Lehigh Valley, where she was Assistant to the Artistic Director at the Pennsylvania Stage Co. (Equity/LORT C), and co-founder and Executive Director of the award-winning Theatre Outlet.
As an actress, Kate has contributed to the development of new plays with her performances at Manhattan Theatre Source, Primary Stages, American Place Theatre, Working Theatre, and New Dramatists, in NYC; Town Hall Theatre and Nun’s Island in Galway, as well as at Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, PA Stage Co., Touchstone, Theatre Outlet, and Selkie Theatre.
Kate and late husband/collaborator George Miller spent several years in Ireland as Selkie Theatre, teaching, performing, and directing/producing new Irish work and contemporary American plays. Kate worked for the Irish Tourist Board, was a co-founder of Uachtar Arts Community Arts, and Editor of “Oughterard Magazine”, a regional magazine serving Connemara. She has returned often to Ireland as an Artist-in-Residence and has produced multiple Irish/American theatre collaborations and touring productions.
In the Valley, Kate has served as a Manager of Bethlehem’s Moravian Museum, and as a writer for Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce publications. Board service includes Godfrey Daniels, Mayfair, Open Space Gallery, WDIY CAB, South Side Film Festival, Celtic Classic /Education Committee, and PA Stage Company’s Outreach Advisory Board.
As producer of Selkie Theatre, she is also a PCA-rostered Teaching Artist. She has taught Artists Residencies for all ages, from students in the Allentown School District Foundation, to seniors at Bethlehem’s Rooney Building. She’s created/taught multidisciplinary arts education programs for Theatre Outlet and Selkie, in the US and Ireland, in partnership with organizations including the Allentown Art Museum, Wildlands Conservancy, Mayfair, Valley Youth House, and the City of Allentown Parks system.
Kate works with Touchstone Theatre’s educational programs and Festival UnBound, most recently creating a Community Arts Workshops series. You can hear Kate on WDIY as host of Lehigh Valley Arts Salon as well as her Celtic Cultural Minute series, which is featured on Celtic Faire.
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Kate Scuffle sits down with Dr. Deborah Justice of KU Presents! to explore the new programming and initiatives she's introduced since taking on the role.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes Ryan Hill and Shea Zukowski of JuxtaHub, a new space for people to discover new ways of expressing themselves.
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Kate Scuffle explores Muhlenberg College's Living Writers series with Gabriel Jason Dean, and the Allentown Art Museum's Cocktails and Collecting with Kate Hughes and Anthony Smith.
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WDIY's Kate Scuffle talks with Easton Garlic Fest's "Stinker in Chief" Jo Moranville about the festival's 2025 return — which will also feature a preview night with the band Start Making Sense: A Talking Heads Tribute.
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Kate Scuffle explores this year's Easton Book Festival and its diverse and endless offerings with some of the festival and panel organizers.
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On this special episode, Kate Scuffle explores the 2025 conference centered around Lenape Culture at NCC with Chief Adam Waterbear DePaul and NCC's Kelly Allen.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes photographer Will Hubscher and Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission member James DiPietro to talk about the exhibition "The Flowers Will Never Die."
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Kate Scuffle is joined by Dr. William Crow and Stacie Brennan of Lehigh University Art Galleries to take a look at the past and present as they celebrate 100 years.
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Kate Scuffle talks with the Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission's Barabara Fraust and two of their Tribute to the Arts award winners, Michael Freeman and Steven Lichak.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes Dr. Alan Younkin and Michael Schelp, Co-Chairs of Art in the Park, which is approaching its 50th annual event showcasing local creativity.