A
Professional Resident Ensemble of Theatre Artists
Celebrating
more than 25 years! Since 1981, Touchstone has housed an artistic
team dedicated to theatrical innovation in the Lehigh Valley while offering
educational
and empowerment programs throughout the community. Here’s
your invitation
to experience 6 unforgettable performances. Experience the excitement
that makes Touchstone one of the Lehigh Valley's most cherished gems!
Shipwrecked! The amazing adventures of louis de rougemont (as told by himself)
Written
by Donald Margulies
Performed by the Touchstone Ensemble
Inspired by a true story, Pulitzer prize winner Margulies penned this remarkable tale of Rougemont, an unlikely hero who held Victorian England and the world spellbound for a few months in 1898. Three actors, over twenty-five characters, and a thirty-year journey: in the spirit of Robinson Crusoe and the Odyssey, an evening of adventure and entertainment.
Oct.
2nd - 12th
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm - $15 / $13 (Students and Seniors)
Thursday at 8pm -
Pay What You Will (at the door)
Click here to purchase tickets online
Christmas
City Follies IX
Created
and performed by the Touchstone Ensemble and Apprentices
Music, wit, and holiday
hijinks all wrapped in a
vaudevillian package
that will serenade your
imagination and bake
your Christmas cookies.
A Touchstone classic
and Lehigh Valley
tradition. Get your tickets early!
Preview Dec. 3rd at 8p - Pay What You Will
Dec. 4th
- 21st
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm - $20 / $18 (Students and Seniors)
Thursdays at 8pm -
Pay What You Will (at the door)
Click here to purchase tickets online
The Eagle Has Landed
Created
and performed by Fool's Proof Theatre
Mary Pearson, Bethlehem native and member of the Liverpool-based ensemble, Fool's Proof Theatre, crosses the big drink with her company to bring us their newest show. A BBC4 reporter goes on a journey to find his brother, missing for 20 years. As he stumbles his way through beautiful and outrageous situations, we delve into memory and the traces of a human life.
Jan. 22nd - 25th
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm - $15 / $13 (Students and Seniors)
Thursdays at 8pm -
Pay What You Will (at the door)
Click here to purchase tickets online
The Mammy Project
Created and performed by Michelle Matlock
The Mammy Project uses original music, storytelling and historical speeches by Frederick Douglas and Halle Q. Brown to transform an oppressive stereotype into a celebration of the power we gain from knowing and understanding our history.
Mar. 12th - 15th
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm - $15 / $13 (Students and Seniors)
Thursdays at 8pm -
Pay What You Will (at the door)
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Self (the remix)
Written and performed by Robert Farid Karimi, with live soundscapes spun by DJ D Double
National Poetry Slam champion,
Robert Karimi, mixes together
stories, movement, and music to
tell the tale of a first generation
child of Iranian and Guatemalan
immigrants, struggling to learn
about manhood, nationhood, and neighborhood.
With the voices and music of his environment
helping him along, the sound design is a
masterful soundscape of 80’s hip hop, 70’s disco,
house music and punk rock.
Mar. 19th - 22nd
Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm - $15 / $13 (Students and Seniors)
Thursdays at 8pm -
Pay What You Will (at the door)
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The Tempest
Written by William Shakespeare, adapted by Touchstone Theatre
The Tempest has been rescheduled. We plan to premiere this piece next season.
4th ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHT'S FESTIVAL
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Every season, Touchstone chooses exceptional plays from each of our Young Playwrights' Lab residencies and produces the annual Young Playwrights' Festival, directed by the Touchstone Ensemble and performed by Touchstone Apprentices and community actors. This production promises to be an amazing night of theatre you won't see anywhere else in the Lehigh Valley. Cap off the evening with our Desert Reception Gala in Lehigh University's Art Gallery and help us celebrate the value of arts in education. Proceeds from the Gala benefit the education programs and Touchstone.
May 30th at 7:30pm at Zoellner Arts Center
Festival - $10
Festival and Gala - $75
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As a compliment to our Main Stage Season, Touchstone's new Village Voices series
presents a tasty sampler of new works and classic Valley favorites.
Oct. 17-18: Tales from the Tub, created by Rainbow Geffner - a dramatic fantasy evoking turn-of-the-century France, inspired by post-impressionist painter, Pierre Bonnard, and his life-long model and companion, Marthe. (Tickets: $15/$10)
Nov. 7-8: An Evening at a British Music Hall, produced by Chris Simmons - a mad-cap evening of songs, monologues and comic sketches from the heyday of popular live entertainment in Britain. (Tickets: $15)
Jan. 16-17: Headlong Retreat - Local singers perform a musical meditation on pilgrimage featuring popular, folk and original music. (Tickets: $15)
Feb. 6-7: Fresh Voices, by the Touchstone Apprentices - original actor-created, ensemble-based works in progress. Always fresh, sometimes provocative, never ordinary. (Tickets: Pay-What-You-Will at the door)
Feb. 27-28: A Couple of Cronies, Touchstone welcomes back former Ensemble Members Cora Hook & Mary Wright in a two-woman show about the perils and joys of facing 50 in the 21st century. (Tickets: $10)
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