CURRENT SCHEDULE
Gayle Stahlhuth performing "Margaret's Diary During a Revolution" at The Steuben House.
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Stephanie Garrett giving a lecture on The Harlem Renaissance at The Cape May Public Library
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Michele LaRue presenting a story at The Dormer House
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A FEW QUOTES FROM OUR SURVEYS
Always wonderful. I learn something new at every event. – George, Philadelphia
Enjoyed all the stories by the wonderful professional actors. An interesting variety of tales in a lovely setting.
– Mary Ann, Cape May
Awesome! Thoroughly enjoyed each reading! Such wonderful talent! – Gregg, North Cape May
Always wonderful. I learn something new at every event. – George, Philadelphia
Enjoyed all the stories by the wonderful professional actors. An interesting variety of tales in a lovely setting.
– Mary Ann, Cape May
Awesome! Thoroughly enjoyed each reading! Such wonderful talent! – Gregg, North Cape May
OUR 2026 SEASON CONTINUES . . . .
Where MARGARET’S DIARY DURING A REVOLUTION has been in 2026
March 18 at noon as part of Cape May MAC’s Lunch and Learn series
March 22 hosted by The Bergen County Historical Society at The Steuben House, 1209 Main St., Landing Bridge, NJ
May 3 hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution in Burlington County at historic Peachfield in Westampton
May 11 hosted by the Avalon Free Public Library at The Avalon History Center, 215 39th St. Avalon, NJ
June 5 hosted by the Wildwood Historical Society with Partners in Preservation at Wildwood Crest Art Pavillion
Where MARGARET’S DIARY DURING A REVOLUTION has been in 2026
March 18 at noon as part of Cape May MAC’s Lunch and Learn series
March 22 hosted by The Bergen County Historical Society at The Steuben House, 1209 Main St., Landing Bridge, NJ
May 3 hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution in Burlington County at historic Peachfield in Westampton
May 11 hosted by the Avalon Free Public Library at The Avalon History Center, 215 39th St. Avalon, NJ
June 5 hosted by the Wildwood Historical Society with Partners in Preservation at Wildwood Crest Art Pavillion
TALES AT THE DORMER HOUSE
Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. from June 4 – October 15 at 800 Columbia Ave., Cape May Except on July 2
Enjoy classic American stories and plays read by a variety of performers, along with lemonade and homemade treats.
$12, cash or check at the door; Guests of The Dormer House and ages 12 and under are free.
Performances are on the porch, weather permitting. BUT we go inside if we can't be outside!
Reservations appreciated: 609-884-5898 or [email protected]
June 4: Gayle Stahlhuth presents The Chariot Race from Ben Hur by Lew Wallace (1880)
June 11: New York Stories with Frank Smith reading from John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer (1925)
and Stephanie Garret reading Langston Hughes
June 18: Michele LaRue presents A Bird in the Hand: Sarah Orne Jewett's "Miss Esther's Guest" (1893... is not the one she asked for)
and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's "The Parrot" (1900...was the one bright thing in the woman's life)
June 25: Carolyn Nelson presents Stories from the Old West: "On Cowboys" from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White (1905), "Letter IX, Estes Park, Colorado" from A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird (1879), and "Em'ly" by Owen Wister, originally published in "Harper's Magazine" (1893), later included in his novel, The Virginian (1904).
July 2: Gayle Stahlhuth performs Margaret's Diary During a Revolution at The Cape May Public Library - no porch performance today
July 9: Phil Pizzi presents Hemingway's "My Old Man" (1923)
July 16: James Rana reads the first chapter from Vladimir Nabokov's Pnin (It took Gayle 2 years to get the rights)
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov, Copyright (c) 1953, 1955, 1957 by Vladimir Nabokov, Copyright renewed 1981, 1983, 1895
by Vera Nabokov and Dmitri Nabokov, used by permission of The Wylie Agency LLC.
July 23: Patricia Durante presents "His Smile" (1918) by Susan Glaspell
Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. from June 4 – October 15 at 800 Columbia Ave., Cape May Except on July 2
Enjoy classic American stories and plays read by a variety of performers, along with lemonade and homemade treats.
$12, cash or check at the door; Guests of The Dormer House and ages 12 and under are free.
Performances are on the porch, weather permitting. BUT we go inside if we can't be outside!
Reservations appreciated: 609-884-5898 or [email protected]
June 4: Gayle Stahlhuth presents The Chariot Race from Ben Hur by Lew Wallace (1880)
June 11: New York Stories with Frank Smith reading from John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer (1925)
and Stephanie Garret reading Langston Hughes
June 18: Michele LaRue presents A Bird in the Hand: Sarah Orne Jewett's "Miss Esther's Guest" (1893... is not the one she asked for)
and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's "The Parrot" (1900...was the one bright thing in the woman's life)
June 25: Carolyn Nelson presents Stories from the Old West: "On Cowboys" from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White (1905), "Letter IX, Estes Park, Colorado" from A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird (1879), and "Em'ly" by Owen Wister, originally published in "Harper's Magazine" (1893), later included in his novel, The Virginian (1904).
July 2: Gayle Stahlhuth performs Margaret's Diary During a Revolution at The Cape May Public Library - no porch performance today
July 9: Phil Pizzi presents Hemingway's "My Old Man" (1923)
July 16: James Rana reads the first chapter from Vladimir Nabokov's Pnin (It took Gayle 2 years to get the rights)
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov, Copyright (c) 1953, 1955, 1957 by Vladimir Nabokov, Copyright renewed 1981, 1983, 1895
by Vera Nabokov and Dmitri Nabokov, used by permission of The Wylie Agency LLC.
July 23: Patricia Durante presents "His Smile" (1918) by Susan Glaspell
AN EVENING WITH GUY DAVIS
Musician, Storyteller, 2-time Grammy Nominee for Best Traditional Blues
Wednesday, June 24 from 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
At The Cape May Point Arts and Science Center, 101 Lehigh Ave., Cape May Point
A Fundraiser for CLASSIC AMERICAN TALES and ANIMAL OUTREACH
Complimentary wine, beer, soft drinks
A Grazing Table (Domestic cheese and antipasto display, Fresh fruit display,
Veggie spring rolls, Short rib beef sli50/50 Raffle
Tickets: $120.00 + $7.22 fee To purchase click here
SPONSORS: THE DORMER HOUSE and CAPE RESORTS REALTY GROUP
No more than 150 tickets will be sold, and the performance is in the air-conditioned ballroom, with chairs set up three-quarters around the elevated portable stage. Dress is upscale casual.
Actor, author, singer, and songwriter, Guy uses a blend of roots, blues, folk, rock, rap, spoken word, and word music for his storytelling with his six and twelve string guitars, the five-string banjo, harmonica, and didgeridoo. A self-taught “Renaissance Man,” he first heard the banjo at a summer camp run by John Seeger, the brother of Pete Seeger, and soon after, asked his father, Ossie Davis, for one. His performances feature a mix of his original songs and cover songs by Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Mance Lipscombe, Blind Willie McTell, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and many others.
He has performed in 48 of the 50 states, throughout most of Europe, Australia, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Canada, Greenland, The Shetland Islands, The Faroe Islands, and the UK. He’s been chased out of Red Square in Moscow for trying to sing, sung in Soviet Occupied East Berlin, and performed standing in front of an iceberg in Greenland. When asked about his experience as a performer, Guy has replied, “There is no tale so tall that I cannot tell it, nor song so sweet that I cannot sing it.” To read Guy’s full bio visit http://guydavis.com/wp/bio/.
Musician, Storyteller, 2-time Grammy Nominee for Best Traditional Blues
Wednesday, June 24 from 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
At The Cape May Point Arts and Science Center, 101 Lehigh Ave., Cape May Point
A Fundraiser for CLASSIC AMERICAN TALES and ANIMAL OUTREACH
Complimentary wine, beer, soft drinks
A Grazing Table (Domestic cheese and antipasto display, Fresh fruit display,
Veggie spring rolls, Short rib beef sli50/50 Raffle
Tickets: $120.00 + $7.22 fee To purchase click here
SPONSORS: THE DORMER HOUSE and CAPE RESORTS REALTY GROUP
No more than 150 tickets will be sold, and the performance is in the air-conditioned ballroom, with chairs set up three-quarters around the elevated portable stage. Dress is upscale casual.
Actor, author, singer, and songwriter, Guy uses a blend of roots, blues, folk, rock, rap, spoken word, and word music for his storytelling with his six and twelve string guitars, the five-string banjo, harmonica, and didgeridoo. A self-taught “Renaissance Man,” he first heard the banjo at a summer camp run by John Seeger, the brother of Pete Seeger, and soon after, asked his father, Ossie Davis, for one. His performances feature a mix of his original songs and cover songs by Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Mance Lipscombe, Blind Willie McTell, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and many others.
He has performed in 48 of the 50 states, throughout most of Europe, Australia, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Canada, Greenland, The Shetland Islands, The Faroe Islands, and the UK. He’s been chased out of Red Square in Moscow for trying to sing, sung in Soviet Occupied East Berlin, and performed standing in front of an iceberg in Greenland. When asked about his experience as a performer, Guy has replied, “There is no tale so tall that I cannot tell it, nor song so sweet that I cannot sing it.” To read Guy’s full bio visit http://guydavis.com/wp/bio/.
MARGARET’S DIARY DURING A REVOLUTION
Thursday, July 2 at 4:00 p.m. at The Cape May Public Library, 720 Franklin Street, Cape May, NJ
Written and performed by Gayle Stahlhuth based on the diary of Margaret Morris and other research
Created to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.
Margaret Morris lived in Burlington, NJ when she began writing detailed entries in her diary on December 6, 1776. She knew General Washington had been defeated at the Battle of Long Island and was heading south, pursued by British General Sir William Howe. The Pennsylvania Navy, and the Pennsylvania and New Jersey militias were patrolling the Delaware River, preparing for war to come to Philadelphia. It was only a matter of time before Burlington, located along this river, not far from Philadelphia, would be invaded by Hessians. As many of her neighbors fled Burlington, Margaret remained, as she continued writing her story.
To Register: https://cmcl.org/event/15666949
FREE
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Thursday, August 6 at 6:00 p.m. at The Cape May Public Library, 720 Franklin Street, with Stephanie Garrett
To Register: https://cmcl.org/event/15667008
FREE
MARGARET'S DIARY DURING A REVOLUTION
Saturday, September 5 at The Grange at Historic Cold Spring Village, 735 Seashore Road, Cape May, NJ
AESOP'S FABLES
October 12 - 29: Rob LeMaire and Gayle Stahlhuth are teaching students a bit about theater
and working with them in bringing these timeless fables to life.
POE BY CANDLELIGHT in THE BARN on FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE FARM
Friday, October 30 from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at Rea's Farm, 400 Stevens Street, West Cape May
Free admission to the farm.
Enjoy dinner, purchase a bottle from Cape May Winery and visit other vendors' booths.
Gayle Stahlhuth will present at 6:15 p.m.: "The Black Cat" and at 7:30 p.m.: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
A tip jar accompanies her.
MARGARET'S DIARY DURING A REVOLUTION
Sunday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m. at The Morristown and Morris Township Library, 1 Miller Road, Morristown, NJ
FREE
CHRISTMAS TALES in THE BARN on FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE FARM
Friday, December 4 from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at Rea's Farm, 400 Stevens Street, West Cape May
Free admission to the farm.
Enjoy dinner and you may purchase a bottle from Cape May Winery.
Gayle Stahlhuth will present at 6:15 p.m.: TBD and at 7:30 p.m.: "The Gift of the Magi"
A tip jar accompanies her.
Thursday, July 2 at 4:00 p.m. at The Cape May Public Library, 720 Franklin Street, Cape May, NJ
Written and performed by Gayle Stahlhuth based on the diary of Margaret Morris and other research
Created to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.
Margaret Morris lived in Burlington, NJ when she began writing detailed entries in her diary on December 6, 1776. She knew General Washington had been defeated at the Battle of Long Island and was heading south, pursued by British General Sir William Howe. The Pennsylvania Navy, and the Pennsylvania and New Jersey militias were patrolling the Delaware River, preparing for war to come to Philadelphia. It was only a matter of time before Burlington, located along this river, not far from Philadelphia, would be invaded by Hessians. As many of her neighbors fled Burlington, Margaret remained, as she continued writing her story.
To Register: https://cmcl.org/event/15666949
FREE
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Thursday, August 6 at 6:00 p.m. at The Cape May Public Library, 720 Franklin Street, with Stephanie Garrett
To Register: https://cmcl.org/event/15667008
FREE
MARGARET'S DIARY DURING A REVOLUTION
Saturday, September 5 at The Grange at Historic Cold Spring Village, 735 Seashore Road, Cape May, NJ
AESOP'S FABLES
October 12 - 29: Rob LeMaire and Gayle Stahlhuth are teaching students a bit about theater
and working with them in bringing these timeless fables to life.
POE BY CANDLELIGHT in THE BARN on FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE FARM
Friday, October 30 from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at Rea's Farm, 400 Stevens Street, West Cape May
Free admission to the farm.
Enjoy dinner, purchase a bottle from Cape May Winery and visit other vendors' booths.
Gayle Stahlhuth will present at 6:15 p.m.: "The Black Cat" and at 7:30 p.m.: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
A tip jar accompanies her.
MARGARET'S DIARY DURING A REVOLUTION
Sunday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m. at The Morristown and Morris Township Library, 1 Miller Road, Morristown, NJ
FREE
CHRISTMAS TALES in THE BARN on FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE FARM
Friday, December 4 from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at Rea's Farm, 400 Stevens Street, West Cape May
Free admission to the farm.
Enjoy dinner and you may purchase a bottle from Cape May Winery.
Gayle Stahlhuth will present at 6:15 p.m.: TBD and at 7:30 p.m.: "The Gift of the Magi"
A tip jar accompanies her.
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CAT joins communities throughout the country in celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution by presenting Margaret's Diary During a Revolution and other live theatrical events. Highlighting NJ's own Margaret Morris, CAT is a proud partner of REVNJ.
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If anyone needs special accommodations due to a physical disability, please call or e-mail CAT at 609-884-5898
or [email protected] at least two weeks prior to the scheduled event so that members of the
company can work to meet your needs.
or [email protected] at least two weeks prior to the scheduled event so that members of the
company can work to meet your needs.
