A Light on the River: the Lighthouse Keepers of the Gilded Age (Lecture & Perfomance)

Friday June 12th & Saturday June 13th

7:00 PM

$18 HRMM Members / $32 General Admission

Sliding scale tickets can be secured by emailing Emma Foster- efoster@hrmm.org-or bringing cash to the door

The position of Lighthouse Keeper is an antiquated job. It calls to mind loneliness, isolation, and in rare cases, even madness. But at this lecture and performance, you will learn what it was really like to be a lighthouse keeper. You’ll meet the Murdocks, a family that kept the Rondout Light for generations. Then, be transported to Kingston in 1884 as the Murdocks receive surprise visitors in the midst of preparing for a storm. This experience will include a short lecture as well as a full length play. 

HRMM is partnering once again with Siren Theatre Company, a small group of Hudson Valley performing artists founded by Caitlin Connelly, Tricia Anderson, and Maclain Maier. They specialize in writing original, immersive productions that bring history to life. The company’s mission is to produce fearless and inspiring work that can create dialogue, play with perspective, and inspire introspection.

This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.