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 digs deep with photographer Ed Dougert and Keri Maxfield of the Nurture Nature Center about the upcoming photo exhibition "The Black Land: Remnants of the Once Great Anthracite Coal Industry of Northeast Pennsylvania."
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Kate Scuffle sits down with Chloe Cole-Wilson to discuss her upcoming exhibition "Restoring Petals" at the Allentown Art Museum and its presentation of the healing and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic through art.
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The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and the longest night, which marks the rebirth and return of the sun and the journey toward spring in the ancient Celtic year.
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On this special holiday episode, the actors of Selkie Theatre wrap you in the lovely, loving magic of Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales."
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Kate Scuffle welcomes Heather Rodale, who created Healing Through The Arts in 2008 after battling melanoma. They discuss the program's purpose, work, and upcoming juried art show.
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One of the most beloved Christmas traditions was almost lost, until it was rescued by two American women.
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Kate Scuffle welcomes Scott Sherk to discuss his participation in the upcoming exhibition "Immersion: Sound Installations & Field Recordings" and the beauty of sound art.
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With winter upon us, celebrations like Yule, Christmas, and more mean gathering and decorating with living greens.
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Kate Scuffle discusses the annual Christmas City Follies with Director J.P. Jordan and Education Director and cast member Mary Wright to unwrap the show's festive hijinks.
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Kate Scuffle talks with Anne Lewis, Division Head of Performing Arts at DeSales University, about their upcoming production of Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.