The Story of Poochie’s Three Hundred and Seventy Second Birthday AND How the Hunga Munga Munga SAVED HIS LIFE! Join master storyteller and Touchstone co-founder, Bill George, in the amusing and thrilling tale of Poochie’s eventful birthday, how the animals helped him, and how, sometimes, what you fear most can be your salvation. With music, audience participation, and lots of joyful silliness.

(Recommended for Pre-K through 3rd Grade) Contact Bill George by email or by calling 610.867.1689.

Link to video available.

All Youth and Family performances include:

• A post-show talkback available upon request,
• A press release to build excitement in your audience,
• Discounts for multiple performances at your venue.

Touchstone also offers workshops to foster the creativity of your students or community, please inquire.

An irreverent take on Prospero and his magical island
(3 Actors, 10 Characters, and 1 Disembodied Spirit)

‘The Tempest,” …is a perfect vehicle for Touchstone Theatre’s kind of physical theater… charming, imaginative and full of artful stage illusions…a fast-flowing pageant. The action has been condensed to 90 minutes, and by focusing on Prospero and his relationships, the plot just sails along. This is a plot-driven story, peppered with sprites, monsters, supernatural storms, uncanny coincidences and magic. The cast members effortlessly morph into one personality after another, playing out their destinies on a simple stage filled with inventive, poetic and minimalist stage props.” –Myra Outwater, The Morning Call

Touchstone’s latest touring creation is a blend of their modern movement-theatre techniques (made famous through the teachings of Jacque Lecoq) brought to the Renaissance brilliance of Shakespeare’s final and perhaps most perfect Romance. This ninety minute blast of magical dramatic action, comedic interlude and dazzling poetry is a true crowd pleaser in perfect Shakespearean fashion.

Touchstone Theatre’s production is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

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A one-person dramatic performance with flautist

It being over 150 years since Henry, aged 27, retreated to the woods “to settle himself, and work,” the causes of his concerns are still very much with us, and in many cases, have only waxed more grievous. The voice you hear on the stage is not only his or that of the actor; it is, perhaps, the everlasting and innocent soul of humanity itself —longing for truth, freedom, beauty, Life.

Mr. George – one of Pennsylvania’s finest theatre artists, recipient of the coveted Fringe First Award for outstanding new works at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland, awarded the 1995 Pennsylvania Solo Theatre Artist Fellowship, Founder and Ensemble Member of Touchstone Theatre, Bethlehem, PA – has created this exquisite adaptation of Henry David Thoreau’s classic, Walden, to tour colleges, high schools and theatre-art venues. The full-length evening work features Thoreau’s text mounted in a frame of gestural simplicity and direct address. It is the story of an innocent soul, troubled by his times, who retreats to the woods to understand the full meaning and test the validity of the many assumptions about living that society takes for granted. While there he has many adventures and natural encounters and is, in one sense, adopted by the “spirits” of Nature. Learning through his encounter with a mischievous and elusive loon, HD slowly comes to understand the ultimate frustration and joy of his quest.

Contact Bill George by email or by calling 610.867.1689 for more info.

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