Comic and dramatic vignettes performed in a variety of hand-carved theatrical masks.

Choreographed &  Directed:
 Sandra  Hughes

Masks:
Michael Hickey

Mask & Mime Performers:
Sandra Hughes
Jerilynn Bedingfield
Michael Hickey

The Gateway Mummers have performed for family audiences at theatres, village halls, festivals and art centers in the United States, The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

The earliest account of an Irish Mummer group is mention of a performance given for the King of Ulster in 500 B.C. -  making this type of folk drama one of the oldest western theatre forms in continuous existence.The Gateway Mummers continue this ancient tradition with comical, magical plays  written and directed by Sandra Hughes.

In Ireland mummer plays are usually  presented at mid-minter between  December 26th (Wren Day) and January 6th (Twelfth Night). In earlier times performances were also given at other seasonal turning points in the year.


Mask and mimers:
Sandra Hughes
Jerilynn Beddingfield
Michael Hickey.

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MISSION STATEMENT

To inspire and educate through engagement with Mask and Mime Theatre, other Performing Arts and related fine and applied arts.


Gateway Performance Productions exists to:

·       Introduce Mask and Mime Theatre into the environment of educational facilities of all age levels.

·       Increase the learning potential inherent in audience involvement situations through the use of Mask  and Mime Theatre.

·         Demonstrate the use of Mask and Mime Theatre as a relevant explorer of human relationships.

·        Teach Mask and Mime Theatre to all age groups through workshops.

·         Give performances to public audiences and in the various levels of the educational system.

 

The company achieves its mission through touring and outreach performances, workshops, classes, residencies, and exhibits to community and educational venues and by maintaining The MASK Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

 
POSITIONING STATEMENT
Gateway Performance Productions reaches diverse cultural groups and participates in all functions of Mask and Mime Theatre in order to further the cultural quality of Mask and Mime Theatre and ,thereby, ensure its place as an integral part of the world of art.