Hello there, readers! My name is Libby (she/her), I’m the new General Manager at Touchstone. I was born and raised here on the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ nations. I’m of settler ancestry; specifically by way of Scotland and England. I’ve been working in the Theatre my entire career, first as an Actor, and then moving behind the scenes when I discovered my love of Producing and Arts Management. Outside my life in the Theatre, I am an avid reader of fantasy novels, an animal lover (especially my Dog, Millie), and I am slowly but surely training myself to be a better gardener.

Another huge part of my identity is that I am a practicing Witch, a tradition I inherited from the maternal line of my Family. It feels very fitting that my first project at Touchstone is a show named and themed after Baba Yaga, a famous witch from Slavic folklore, and that the run of the show happens to be over Samhain (pronounced Sah-wen), known to others as All Hallow’s Eve, or Hallowe’en. Witches, Wiccans, Pagans, and many other Spiritual Practitioners celebrate Samhain each year on October 31st/November 1st (in the Northern Hemisphere), and on April 30th/May 1st (in the Southern Hemisphere). Given that I was stuck on what to share with you all in this, my first Touchstone Blog post, I figured I’d write what I know and tell you a (very) little bit about Samhain!