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 is joined by David Pica, director of DeSales University's production of 'Dublin by Lamplight,' and cast member Chloe Russell, to talk about the story of revolution and ambition.
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Kate Scuffle talks with Jayne Ann Recker of the Celtic Cultural Alliance about the magic of the Celtic Classic, which returns for its 39th year this weekend.
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Kate Scuffle is joined by Dave Fry, Rick Weaver, and Tom Druckenmiller, three musicians and radio hosts who will participate in Godfrey Daniels' upcoming "Dave's Night Out."
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Kate Scuffle welcomes Thomas Yuracka and Mar Haeussler of the West Park Civic Association to look at the upcoming Art in the Park, with the theme "Renewal."
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Kate Scuffle is joined by M.M. Haney and Lee Sunday Evans to talk about The Poisoner, their play inspired by the 2014 Flint water crisis, ahead of its debut at Touchstone Theatre.
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Kate Scuffle is joined by Narissa Nieves and Abigail Diaz-Crofts of Arts Community of Easton to explore their upcoming exhibition and their year-round programming.
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Kate Scuffle talks with the Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission's James DePietro and artists MaryAnn Riker and Barabara Schulman about the exhibition "Assemblages & Collages."
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Kate Scuffle talks with Jim Toia and Maryann Riker of the Karl Stirner Arts Trail about the spark behind the community space and its programming.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes Claire McRee of the Allentown Art Museum and artist Kay Walkingstick to talk about the museum's upcoming exhibition 'Kay Walkingstick/Hudson River School.'
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Kate Scuffle is joined by Lin Erickson and Tamara Krizek of the Da Vinci Science Center to explore their new exhibition showcasing how impressionism changed the world.