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'Creek Man' swims into Portsmouth | Print |  E-mail
Written by Matt Kanner   
Thursday, 28 May 2009

Seacoast audiences who missed Gary Sredzienski’s bizarre tales of creek swimming and accordion playing in York are in luck: Harbor Light Stage is extending its production of Sredzienski’s one-man play at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth.

“Creek Man: The Unbelievable True Story of the Accordion-Playing Merman” will run at Strawbery Banke for two weeks from Friday, May 29, to Sunday, June 7. The play, written and performed by Sredzienski and directed by Kent Stephens, premiered at the York Harbor Reading Room earlier in May. Among its viewers there was Strawbery Banke president Larry Yeardon, who invited Harbor Light to bring “Creek Man” to the Portsmouth museum.

The play provides an autobiographical account of Sredzienski’s life, from his childhood days as a vaudeville performer to his grownup years as an inveterate creek explorer. The Kittery resident is an active environmentalist and has embarked on several high-profile winter swims for charity, including a seven-mile January trek to the Isles of Shoals. He is also a long-time local musician and 22-year host of WUNH’s Saturday morning “Polka Party” radio show.

Harbor Light previously produced “Pirates or Patriots?” at Strawbery Banke and will premiere “Lamplight Dialogues” there in October. “Creek Man” was the third installment of the local theater company’s Main Stage series.

Performances are Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 4 and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 4 p.m. Tickets are $25, with same-day discounts of $5 for museum visitors. To learn more, visit www.harborlightstage.org. For tickets, call 207-439-5769 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 
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