The Nantucket Dreamland is expanding access to its summer youth theatre program through a new partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Nantucket, helping more children participate in this season’s fully staged production of Disney’s Finding Nemo JR. Through the collaboration, fifteen Boys & Girls Club members are joining […]
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Summer Drama & Art for Nantucket Youth
In a place as culturally rich as Nantucket, it’s fitting that summer activities go beyond the beach. This summer, Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, the Nantucket Dreamland and the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts (NISDA) have packed their summer calendars with programs for children and teens that range […]
Smart Satire & Big Laughs
There are just a few more days to watch Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s brilliant production of the sharp, laugh-out-loud satire Eureka Day, on stage through June 20. This award-winning play follows the executive committee at a private school as it navigates a mumps outbreak among its students. Tensions rise as […]
Nuanced Satire by TWN
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s production of Eureka Day, written by Jonathan Spector, follows the executive committee at a private school as it navigates a mumps outbreak among its students. Tensions rise as they are left debating vaccination policies, and the audience gets a taste of the range of opinions among […]
A Screwball Romance
by Sarah Wright Watching the audience arrive to the breezy courtyard at the Nantucket Performing Arts Center on opening night, I felt happy. A palpable energy permeated the air as director Mark Shanahan rolled up on his bicycle, then mingled with several ticket holders. In the mood for laughter, everyone […]
Curtain Goes Up in New Island Theater
The curtain goes up July 3 on the debut season of ACK Theatre Company, Nantucket Performing Arts Center’s new professional theater company in residence, with What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck. Nantucket Performing Arts Center (NPAC) is Nantucket’s newest destination for the arts. The nonprofit acquired the […]
Secrets, Scandal, & Sidesplitting Fun
Theater has the unique power to touch your soul, stir your emotions, expand your mind, and broaden your understanding of the world. But sometimes all you really want is to escape reality, and theater can help you do that too.