Selkie

Northwestern University presents Selkie on its Mainstage Theatre. The term “selkie” is a Gaelic word meaning “seal.” Laurie Brooks Gollobin’s play deals with what happens when a man steals a selkie-maid’s pelt, takes her for his wife, and sires a child. Narrated by Pa, the grandfather in the play, the story tells of Ellen Jean, who is born with webbed hands and must choose between living in the sea with other selkies; or on land as a human.

This production is suitable for audience members ages
8 and up.