Created by Kate Debelack and Betsy Rosen
Directed by Kate Debelack
Best for children ages 0 - 3 and their families
By the Seashore takes us on a magical journey to a place children love to visit - the beach! Young audience members are invited to explore all the amazing things we find on the shore, in the ocean, and in the sky; from birds and fish, to sand and water, and everything in-between! Using an imaginative mix of puppetry, movement, and sound, this sensory-filled production is specifically designed for our youngest audience members.
Running time: 20 minutes
September 10-18, 2021
Leonadus K. Plenty Amphitheater at Lee District Park
6601 Telegraph Rd
Alexandria, VA 22310
**Please note that this is an outdoor amphitheater**
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Important Audience Safety Information:
- All patrons ages 2 and older are required to wear a mask while in the outdoor amphitheater.
- Seating: There are small benches in the outdoor amphitheater, but you are also welcome to bring chair pads or other items that might make your experience more comfortable. Audience size will be limited to allow each party to be spaced at least 6 feet apart.
- In the event of inclement weather, a member of the Arts on the Horizon team will contact you about moving your tickets to another available performance.
- If you or anyone in your party answers yes to the following questions, we ask that you contact us at [email protected] so we can reschedule your ticket to another available performance:
- Have you or anyone in your party had any new symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, fatigue, muscle or body aches, new loss of taste or smell, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, within the past 14 days?
- Have you or anyone in your party had contact with any persons who have COVID-19 within the past 14 days?
- Have you, a member of your household, or anyone in your party been diagnosed with COVID-19 within the past 14 days?
Artistic Team
Kate Debelack (Co-Creator & Director) is a DC-area director and actor and a proud company member of Arts on the Horizon. In addition to the original production of By the Seashore, Kate has directed Sailing on String and Sunny and Licorice with Arts on the Horizon. Other directing credits include the One Minute Play Festival, Capital Fringe, and Cherry Red Productions. D.C. acting credits include: Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences (American Scrapbook), The Shakespeare Theatre (Ion), The Studio Theatre (Fat Pig, Long Christmas Ride Home, Ivanov, Blue Heart), Studio Theatre 2ndstage (Bat Boy the Musical, Love’s Fire, The Wild Party), Taffety Punk (Measure for Measure), Forum (The Memorandum), Longacre Lea (Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s Macbeth), MetroStage (Electra), and Cherry Red Productions (Cinema Verité, Anger Box, Worm Girl, Spamlet, and Zombie Attack!). Regional: New York International Fringe Festival, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre. She studied at Western Washington University and the Studio Acting Conservatory, where she now teaches.
Betsy Rosen (Co-Creator) is an actress, puppeteer, and teacher based in NYC. Previous Arts on the Horizon credits include Drumming with Dishes and Under the Canopy. Betsy recently served as puppet director/designer and puppeteer on a new talk show for kids, which is currently in post-production, and was Associate Director/Puppetry Choreographer for Concrete Temple's Packrat, which had its world premiere in January 2020. Betsy made her Lincoln Center debut (Argus), as well as her Sydney Opera House debut (Laser Beak Man), both with Dead Puppet Society. Her New York credits include La Mama, The Drama League, The Samuel French OOB Festival, St. Ann’s Warehouse, The Lark, TBG Theatre, and New Victory LabWorks. Prior to relocating to NYC, Betsy spent many wonderful years based in Washington, DC. Her regional acting credits include The Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Taffety Punk, Cincinnati Playhouse, Delaware Theatre Company, Imagination Stage (Helen Hayes Award), among others.
Betsy Rosen (Co-Creator) is an actress, puppeteer, and teacher based in NYC. Previous Arts on the Horizon credits include Drumming with Dishes and Under the Canopy. Betsy recently served as puppet director/designer and puppeteer on a new talk show for kids, which is currently in post-production, and was Associate Director/Puppetry Choreographer for Concrete Temple's Packrat, which had its world premiere in January 2020. Betsy made her Lincoln Center debut (Argus), as well as her Sydney Opera House debut (Laser Beak Man), both with Dead Puppet Society. Her New York credits include La Mama, The Drama League, The Samuel French OOB Festival, St. Ann’s Warehouse, The Lark, TBG Theatre, and New Victory LabWorks. Prior to relocating to NYC, Betsy spent many wonderful years based in Washington, DC. Her regional acting credits include The Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Taffety Punk, Cincinnati Playhouse, Delaware Theatre Company, Imagination Stage (Helen Hayes Award), among others.
Natalie Cutcher (Prop Refurbisher) is a proud company member and teaching artist with Arts on the Horizon. She wears many hats including deviser, director, performer, prop builder, and has a pretty green thumb to boot. Some of her memorable projects include assisting Matthew McGee with the Audrey puppets for Constellation's Little Shop of Horrors and creating Squeakers & Mr. Gumdrop with Amanda Forstrom here at Arts on the Horizon. Enjoy your time by the seashore!
Kat Fleshman (Original Set and Props Design) is a DC area props designer and full time teacher at Carver Center for Art and Technology. Previous credits include: Sweeney Todd (Red Branch Theatre); Hooded, Charm (Mosaic Theater); and Matt and Ben (Flying V).
Olivia Viola (Stage Manager) is excited to work with Arts on the Horizon for the first time! Credits include Mosaic Theater Company: Fabulation, Les Deux Noirs; Spooky Action Theater: the Oldest Boy; Constellation Theatre Company: The Master and Margarita; Adventure Theatre MTC: Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas; Clandestine Arts: Song Reader: The Musical. Other credits include: Signature Theatre: A Chorus Line; The Free Theatre: Pippin. BFA Stage and Production Management: Emerson College.
Kat Fleshman (Original Set and Props Design) is a DC area props designer and full time teacher at Carver Center for Art and Technology. Previous credits include: Sweeney Todd (Red Branch Theatre); Hooded, Charm (Mosaic Theater); and Matt and Ben (Flying V).
Olivia Viola (Stage Manager) is excited to work with Arts on the Horizon for the first time! Credits include Mosaic Theater Company: Fabulation, Les Deux Noirs; Spooky Action Theater: the Oldest Boy; Constellation Theatre Company: The Master and Margarita; Adventure Theatre MTC: Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas; Clandestine Arts: Song Reader: The Musical. Other credits include: Signature Theatre: A Chorus Line; The Free Theatre: Pippin. BFA Stage and Production Management: Emerson College.
Cast
Terrance Fleming (Puppeteer) is from Mobile, AL. After graduating from Murphy high school, he went on to receive his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. Terrance has been in Baltimore since 2016. During his time in the DMV, he’s had the privilege to collaborate with many different theatres and many talented artists. Some of those collaborations include Aida the Musical and The Wiz with Artscentric Theatre, Dracula with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Hamlet with the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, Jerusalem with Fells Point Corner Theatre and Twelfth Night with Her Majesty and Son's. Terrance was an athlete, prior to becoming an actor. He still finds ways to maintain that part of him.
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Sydney Lo (Puppeteer) is elated to be reuniting with Arts on the Horizon and with live theatre again! Previous credits: The Wolves, Frankenstein (Dallas Theater Center); Man of God (Strand Theatre Company); 1984 (Circle Theatre); Slide By (Elevator Project at AT&T Performing Arts Center); .d0t :: a RotoPlastic Ballet, King Ubu (Pointless Theatre Co.); Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet (Virginia Shakespeare Festival); The Cherry Orchard, We, the Invisibles, Men on Boats (Southern Methodist University), various projects with Young Playwrights’ Theater. M.F.A., Southern Methodist University. B.A., College of William and Mary. Proudly represented by Avalon Artists Group. More at SYDNEYLO.COM
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Ryan Sellers (Puppeteer) National Tour: Five Little Monkeys (ATMTC) DC Area: Synetic Theater: The Adventures of Peter Pan, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Taming of the Shrew, The Three Musketeers, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helen Hayes, Best Ensemble), Macbeth, Dante, Romeo and Juliet (Helen Hayes, Best Ensemble), Othello, The Mark of Cain; Signature Theater: West Side Story, Threepenny Opera, Miss Saigon; Folger Theater: The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Second Shepherds' Play Studio Theater:
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; Shakespeare Theater: Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Imagination Stage: The Ballad of Mulan, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Night Fairy, Anime Momotaro, P. Nokio, The Wind In The Willows; Constellation Theater: White Snake, Arabian Nights, Keegan Theatre: The Undeniable Sound of Right Now; Creative Cauldron: The Turn of the Screw, Madeline's Christmas; Arts On The Horizon: Sunny and Licorice, Point A to Point B; Solas Nua: In the Middle of the Fields. |
Olubunmi Shabi (Assistant Director and Puppeteer understudy) is a senior Theatre major at the University of Maryland. She is Nigerian-American, born and raised in Maryland. Greatly interested in theatre design and music production, she is excited to be embarking on her career in Theatre and Performing Arts.
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Joseph Wilson (Puppeteer understudy) is thrilled to be joining Arts on the Horizon. He received acting training at Studio Acting Conservatory in Washington, D.C. and is also a professional opera singer. Appearances include performances with The Arlington Players, Victorian Lyric Opera, Loudon Lyric Opera, Bel Cantanti, and Opera Niagara as well as the One-Minute Play Festival at Roundhouse Theatre in 2017.
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