Midwinter Revels: The Selkie Girl and the Seal Woman – A Celtic and Cabo Verdean Celebration of the Solstice is to take place Dec. 13-28, at Harvard University’s historic Sanders Theatre.

“The Selkie Girl and the Seal Woman” is a meld of Irish and Cabo Verdean traditions by Debra Wise, Patrick Swanson, and Aidan Parkinson. Set in a small fishing village off the shores of Galway Bay, a community gathers in the local pub to celebrate the season. A child enters looking for a package that may have been delivered for his mother, who comes from another coastal town – in Cabo Verde. Songs and dances are shared, and the pub dissolves into a portal for fantasy with a transformative retelling of the Selkie story, a Celtic myth about living between two worlds. Irish songs, jigs, and reels share the stage with dance, drumming, and traditional songs from Cabo Verde. In the Revels tradition, new community is catalyzed, and with it hopes for a new year

This year’s cast includes Kortney Adams, David Coffin, Candida Rose Baptista, Aidan Parkinson, Mary Casey, Cedric Appolon, and Athéna-Gwendolyn Baptiste. The principal musicians are Joey Abarta, Lindsay Straw, Pelé Fernades, Liz Hanley, and JL Santos Spencer. Elijah Botkin serves as music director.

Midwinter Revels: The Selkie Girl and the Seal Woman will also be available to stream from December 28 – January 12.