September 29 - October 3, 2021 - Touchstone Theatre
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September 29 – October 3, 2021
Welcome!
Thanks for being part of Festival Unbound! Your joining us reaffirms what’s at the heart of
Touchstone’s mission - that community is important, that voices being heard is
important! We believe that anything is possible when we can come together to share
our stories and imagine what a better tomorrow might be like. That is the work of this
festival. It’s filled with our hopes and dreams, and our struggles and imperfections. We
come together in dialogue and a belief that when we can break down the walls
between us and understand ourselves as part of the same human family, we can
manifest beautiful and just change in the world.
- Jp Jordan, artistic director
About Festival UnBound
In 1998, after an almost 150 year history building this nation, Bethlehem Steel finally shut
down steel making here in Bethlehem. It was a traumatic event, and Touchstone, to
help the community work its way through it, created and assembled several works of
art and cultural projects into a festival called Steel Festival: The Art of an Industry.
In October 2019, twenty years after that extraordinary event, we began to explore
questions of a different and perhaps more daunting nature. Who are we, now that the
Steel is gone? What are the challenges ahead, and what are the values that will hold
the community together as we face the task of shaping our future? Out of these
questions came our first year of Festival UnBound, a collection of arts and community
dialogue around concerns of diversity, sustainability, health, youth leadership, and
interconnectedness.
In an extraordinary 2020, the festival resumed, with performances distanced outdoors
and livestreamed online, continuing the discussion and bringing audiences together in
a time when loneliness and isolation were the norm.
Now, in our third year, the festival continues. Join us!
About Touchstone Theatre
Founded in 1981, Touchstone Theatre is a professional not-for-profit theatre dedicated
to the creation of original work. At its center is a resident ensemble of theatre artists
rooted in the local community of Bethlehem, the Greater Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania
and the international community of Ensemble Theatres.
The Ensemble:
1. Creates original theatre and re-imagines select texts through a heightened
theatrical vocabulary.
2. Tours and presents original and ensemble-created works.
3. Offers educational programs that:
– Inspire students of any age to discover their unique creative voice.
– Provide high quality training to the next generation of theatre artists.
4. Transforms audiences through community-based theatrical productions and
community-building projects.
Festival UnBound Staff
Jp Jordan, Artistic Director
Emma Ackerman, Production Manager
Chris Egging, Technical Director
Lisa Jordan, Box Office/Front of House Manager
Bill George, Development
Cristina Byrne, Photographer
Aidan Gilrain-McKenna, Videographer
Festival UnBound Council
Bill George
Carey Birgel
Megan Briggs
Bekah Eichelberger
Laurie Hackett
Darlene Heller
Miriam Huertas
Laura Kaplus
Rayah Levy
Seth Moglen
J. William Reynolds
Marci Ronald
Deb Sacarakis
Chuck Stehly
Mark Wilson
Sharon Zondag
Festival Marketing Committee
Lisa Jordan
Emma Ackerman
Adam Ercolani
Jodi Duckett
Kate Scuffle
Kiera Wilhelm
Festival Front of House Volunteers
Steven Barnett | Jodi Duckett | Abriana Ferrari | Margot Hillman | Alexis Leon |
Scarlet Mills | Alison O'Connell | Meara Plesh-Gill | Alexandra Racines | Carole
Schachter | Kate Scuffle | Emily Wargo | Kiera Wilhem
FESTIVAL UNBOUND is generously sponsored by
Gold Sponsors
Air Products
Silver Sponsors
Keystone Savings Foundation | Lehigh Valley Community Foundation | PNC | Donald B. &
Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation
Bronze Sponsors
Amaranth Foundation | Verna O. Canova Foundation | W. Beall Fowler | WDIY 88.1 Lehigh
Valley Public Radio
Copper Sponsors
Elaine & Mike Ackerman | Anonymous | Joanne & Hank Barnette and the National Museum of
Industrial History | Crayola | Pennsylvania Council on the Arts | Provident | Tri-Outdoor | UGI
Utilities, Inc.
Tin Sponsors
Alvin H. Butz | A grant from the Cinquino Community Fund of the Lehigh Valley Community
Foundation | Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network | Highmark, Inc. | ICON | A grant from
the Kraft Hillman Family Fund of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation | Ruth & Charlie
Marcon | Lynne & Chad Paul | RCN
Angels
Roses & Mark Ackerman | Deborah Appler | Lisa Arechiga | Ellen Bench | Big Easy Easton Brass
| Alison & Hal Black | Rowan Boehning | Pamela Brubaker | Georganna & Raymond Buttillo
| Comfort Suites Bethlehem | Corporate Environments, A One Point Company | Kate Curcio
| Bekah Eichelberger | Embassy Bank | Melissa Ercolani | ESSA Bank & Trust | Fig Bethlehem
| Kathy Fox | Fox Optical & Gallery | The Gadfly | Susan Gadomski | Bridget & Bill George
| Jane & Bob George | Cindy Glick | Sharon Hanuschak | Karen Hicks | Jenny Lim | Janis
Marsh | Bill McGlinn | The Morning Call | Bonnie Norton | Alison O’Connell & Jon Lunger
| Pennsylvania Youth Theatre | Mike, Melissa, Meara, & Michaela Plesh-Gill | Adriana Santos
| Christine & Christopher Shorr | St. John’s Windish Lutheran Church | Michelle Suarez | SWBR,
Inc. | Beth Taylor | Walter Trimble | David Waldorf
Support received after September 25th is not listed but greatly appreciated.
F e s t i v a l U n B o u n d p r o u d l y p r e s e nt s
BOMBAZO
October 1, 2021 | Barrio Stage @ Touchstone Theatre
BOMBAZO
“Bombazos” are Puerto Rican jam-sessions where musicians and dancers gather
in celebration of music and community.
Join us for a participatory celebration of Latinx culture – a community jam
session or bombazo! Bring your musical instruments, or borrow one of ours. Play
along, sing along, or just kick back and enjoy the food, friendship, and fiesta.
Únase a nosotros para una celebración participativa de la cultura Latinx: ¡un
junte comunitario o un bombazo! Traiga sus instrumentos musicales o tome
prestado uno de los nuestros. Toque, cante o simplemente relájese y disfrute de
la comida, la amistad y la fiesta.
__________
Event organization and leadership
Touchstone’s Latinx Leadership Committee:
Javier Toro
Olga Negron
Guillermo Lopez
Margarita Gonzalez-Rivera
Olga Torres
Ronald Johnson
Jose Diaz
Paloma Irizarry
Christopher Shorr
Bombazo Musical Leadership
Daniel Class
Herencia Jibara
Herencia Jibara is an energetic, fun, and diverse Latin band. They bring with
them beautiful vocals, a rhythmic percussion line, and a Cuatro Puertorriqueño/
Guitar combo that provide soul filling melodies. Musica tipica, Salsa, Merengue,
Bachata and more.
@herenciajibara
herenciajibara@gmail.com
Bombazo Emcee
Margarita Gonzalez-Rivera
Food provided by:
Puerto Rican Beneficial Society
205 E 3rd St, Bethlehem, PA 18015
puertoricanbeneficialsociety@gmail.com
Special thanks
Lucho and the Borinqueneers MC
MEGA Radio
Panorama Latin News
the Moravian/Touchstone MFA students
our community participants
and all of our dedicated volunteers
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Are you a local artist looking for connections to other local artists?
Would you like to get involved in Touchstone’s performances and
workshops?
Are you looking for ways to support local art and community building?
Would you like to participate in activities with Touchstone's Latinx Initiative?
Would you like to volunteer for events like this?
Do you have a community event that you think is right for the “Barrio Stage?”
If so, reach out to Christopher Shorr: shorrc@moravian.edu
Touchstone Board of Trustees
Neal Koplin, President
Cindy Glick, Vice President
Bekah Eichelberger, Secretary
Joe Connell, Treasurer
Diane Elliott, Esq.
John Fallock
Jennifer Jiménez
Jp Jordan
Lisa Jordan
Alexis Leon
Alison O’Connell
Michele Pappalardo
Ernie Thomas Stiegler
Honorary Council
Linny* & Beall Fowler
Ellen Baker-Ghelardi
Ruth Marcon
Mary Meilinger*
Mrs. Katherine Merle-Smith Thomas*
Joan Moran
Barbara Pearson*
Denise Stangl
Sharon Yoshida
*In Memoriam
Company Members
Jp Jordan, Artistic Director/Ensemble Member
Lisa Jordan, Managing Director/Ensemble Member
Emma Ackerman, General Manager/Ensemble Member
Bill George, Co-Founder/Ensemble Member
Christopher Shorr, Ensemble Member
Mary Wright, Education Director/Ensemble Member
Chris Egging, Technical Director/Ensemble Associate
Adam Ercolani, Development and Marketing Associate
Apprentices/MFA Students
Jessica Boothe Robert Mills
Sara Group Katie Anne Phykitt
Krystal Hall Matt Prideaux
Abbie-Jean Litman Sam Thompson
Ensemble Affiliates
Steven Barnett Jason Hedrington
Samantha Beedle Ashley Tait Weller
Erick Black Silagh White
Michael Duck
Interns
Lucia Cinquino
Jenny Pacanowski
Avi Runge
Kyra Zimmerman
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