Kate Scuffle
Program HostAn actress, producer, writer and educator, Kate is the Managing Director of Selkie Theatre, and was the founding Executive Director of the award-winning Theatre Outlet. At The Outlet she produced several innovative performance series featuring new drama, music, dance and spoken word, as well as the Outlet’s Educational Outreach programs.
With Selkie, she produced new works in the USA including poet Peter Fallons’ adaptation of Tarry Flynn and community-created The Last Cast At Bethlehem Steel, as well as a string of successful premieres in Galway, Ireland (Broken Moon At Midnight, Til Kingdom Come, Goodwill, etc). Following on the success of Selkie’s own “Electric Cow: The Greenplay Festival” at Ilick’s Mill in Bethlehem (2011), she was delighted to travel to Co. Offaly, Ireland as a Guest Artist for “Bo Leitreach: The Greenplay Festival”, where she taught theatre workshops and directed several new Irish green-plays.
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 New York City; as well as at Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, PA Stage Co, and Theatre Outlet Recent performances include Selkie’s hit production of Howard Zinn’s Voices of a People’s History of the United States, the Selkie Seisiuns showcase of Brandon Lay’s Panther Piss, and a happy turn as an Irish mummer in the Selkie Strawboys Irish mumming troupe at Celtic Classic and other area festivals..
Kate and Selkie were fortunate to be resident in Ireland from 2006-09, where she taught theatre for ALâ Community Arts, Clann Oughterard, Uachtar Arts, and the Brothers of Charity. She also served as Editor of the monthly Oughterard Magazine, a popular regional tourism/local news publication.
Some of her more recent writing can be seen in the series of “INside Allentown” Guides published by the LV Chamber of Commerce. Kate is proud to serve on the Education Committee of the Celtic Cultural Alliance, and is looking forward to taking Selkie’s latest production, Mac Wellman’s “Terminal Hip”, to the Galway Fringe Festival after a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the production. She and husband George Miller can be heard every other week on WDIY 88.1 Allentown radio as hosts of the “Lehigh Valley Arts Salon”.
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Find out what’s new, what’s back, what’s cooking and who’s playing at Musikfest 2022! Join Kate Scuffle as she talks with ArtsQuest’s own Patrick Brogan about the nation’s largest free music festival, returning for its 39th year with new locations, experiences, bands, and of course – food! -
'Wind-Shifts, Mood-Swings, and Other Anomalies': The Life and Work of Ronald De Long | LV Arts SalonKate Scuffle talks with local artist Ronald De Long about his life, his work, and his new exhibit: Wind-Shifts, Mood-Swings, and Other Anomalies, on display through Aug. 18 at the Baum School of Art.
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Kate Scuffle talks with Lehigh Valley community artist and activist Norberto Dominguez about living a life dedicated to community service and creativity, and about local projects and organizations he's worked with that build a more diverse, equitable and creative Valley.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes Lehigh Valley native actor Ric Stoneback to talk about not only his extensive professional repertoire, but also his newest local performance in Northampton Community College Summer Theatre’s upcoming production of Something Rotten.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes artist Raisa Kochmaruk into the arts salon to talk about her recent work with a mural depicting the official bird of Bethlehem — the chimney swift.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes professional theater artist Randall Forte, who will direct a staged reading of “A Dictionary of Emotions in War Time” by Yelena Astasyeva as part of the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings initiative.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes Dennis Razze from the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival to talk about the return to live, indoor performances for the 2022 season which includes a cherished romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, a Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning drama by August Wilson, an iconic 20th-century musical, and much, much more.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes Bill Mutimer from Northampton Community College's Summer Theatre Program to talk about their return to live, in-person performances, the upcoming 2022 season and more.
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In the Celtic countries, trees were treasured and imbued with magical qualities, superstitions, and folklore. One of the most magical is the Hawthorn, a beautiful, often gnarled, thorny little tree which blossoms white in the month of May, and is known by many names.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes renowned local photographer and visual artist Lydia Panas to talk about her book Sleeping Beauty, the power and technique behind the art of photography, and more.
