performance to benefit hungry
families
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Widener
University's FreshBaked Theatre Company will present The Seal Wife on Sunday, Feb. 4 and
Sunday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. in Alumni Auditorium, located on
Widener’s Main Campus in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Admission to
all performances of The Seal Wife is free, but the suggested donation
is $2 per person, with the proceeds benefiting outreach social service agency
The Bernadine Center and local food pantries in Chester.
The Seal
Wife, by playwright
Brendan Murray, is a poetic retelling of an ancient Scottish myth. In the
story, a fisherman falls in love with a Selkie, a seal who turns into a woman
during the full moon. When she transforms into a woman and sheds her seal skin,
the fisherman steals her hide so that she cannot transform back into a seal.
She is stuck in human form and agrees to marry the man. Together they have many
children, but the sea still calls to the Selkie. She has to decide between the
life she has made on land, and her true home in the sea.
The Seal
Wife is directed
Lisa Eckley Cocchiarale. The cast features Widener University students Luis J.
Aguilar, Anna Clayton, Nathan Mirando, Alex Ross, and Jared Zimmerman.
Technical direction is provided by Daniel Castagna.
FreshBaked
Theatre Company’s mission is to provide “inventive drama for young minds, and
those who nurture them.” Since 2003, the student ensemble has
produced classics, myths, Shakespeare, and folktales – all adapted to
engage the curious minds of young audiences. As part of Widener University's
mission of community service and civic engagement, the company “pays it
forward” by distributing 100 percent of cash donations to local food banks and
other aid organizations within the community.
A matinee for
schools and homeschool students also takes place on Tuesday, Feb. 13. This
performance is by reservation only.
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