Touchstone Theatre’s Young Playwrights’ Festival Set for 5/19
by Kelsey Denette
- May 2, 2012
On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Touchstone Theatre will present the seventh annual Young Playwrights' Festival, a showcase of original one-act plays written by students ages 8-15 and brought to life by the Touchstone Ensemble, invited guest directors, and professional and community actors from across the Lehigh Valley. The Young Playwrights' Festival will take place in Zoellner Arts Center's Baker Hall at 7pm, followed by the Gala Dessert Reception & Live/Silent Auction Fundraiser.
Touchstone Theatre Receives NEA Art Works Grant to Support The Young Playwrights Lab
by Kelsey Denette
- Apr 25, 2012
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced today that Touchstone Theatre is one of 788 not-for-profit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Touchstone Theatre is recommended for a $20,000.00 grant to support the art educational components of the Young Playwrights Lab. The 788 Art Works grants total $24.81 million and support the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts.
Touchstone Theatre Presents A RESTING PLACE, 4/13-15
by Harmony Wheeler
- Mar 16, 2012
Touchstone Theatre presents A RESTING PLACE, a new community-based play drawn from stories of Bethlehem citizens who lived during the Civil War. This outdoor theatrical experience features a cast of over a hundred performers and will be presented five times in five different outdoor venues around Bethlehem over the course of three days. There will also be auxiliary events including panel discussions and a guest lecturer following each performance.
Centaur Theatre 2012-2013 Season to Include GOOD PEOPLE, TRAD, DANCE ME TO THE END
by Harmony Wheeler
- Mar 14, 2012
Centaur Theatre's 2012-2013 Season will open with the North American Premiere of an international Dance/Theatre/Music/Performance work directly from Aarhus Denmark inspired by the music and lyrics of Leonard Cohen Dance me to the end on/off Love. A Granhoj Dans creation, Oct 2 - Oct 21 and November 13 -18, 2012.
Centaur follows with the Canadian Premiere of the Broadway hit comedy/drama Good People by Pulitzer Prize- winning author David Lindsay-Abaire, November 6 - December 2, 2012.
Touchstone Theatre Announces New Civil War Project Play and Event Weekend
by Kelsey Denette
- Feb 28, 2012
Beneath Bethlehem's soil lies the stories of citizens who lived through the Civil War. Touchstone Theatre and Moravian College Theatre have unearthed these stories to share and honor them with today's community as part of Historic Bethlehem Partnership's yearlong commemoration of the war's 150th anniversary. Over the course of three days (April 13th, 14th &15th, 2012) and at eight different Bethlehem venues, Touchstone will connect the citizens of today to the spirits of those passed through panel discussions, guest lecturer and its feature play, A Resting Place, written by Alison Carey.
Touchstone Theatre Presents KILLADELPHIA 11/18-19
by BWW
News Desk
- Nov 18, 2011
Touchstone Theatre is set to present Barrymore Award-winning actor-playwright Sean Christopher Lewis with his acclaimed one-man show, Killadelphia. The play performs at Touchstone Theatre November 18th and 19th.
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