For nearly seven decades, Theatre Workshop of Nantucket has been entertaining, enriching, challenging, and inspiring our island community and visitors with theatrical works of the highest standards. TWN’s 2024 season opens on June 5 with Sense & Sensibility, a playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel that follows the […]
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End the 2021 Season with a Laugh from the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
This Thursday, September 9, Nantucket’s own Theatre Workshop will share the humor of Neil Simon’s farce London Suite with island audiences. This fast-paced play with crisp and witty dialog is truly a comedy of character. The four acts of Neil Simon’s third “Suite” are skillfully acted by Tim Booth, Cynthia […]
6 Nantucket Favorites Take New Approaches for Their 2020 Events
By now we are all used to postponements and cancellations of our favorite island events, but these six Nantucket organizations are taking new approaches, keeping the interest alive with galas and events that are streamed, held online, offered on the radio, or shown on television. Many of them are combinations […]
Six Shows for 2020: Theatre Workshop of Nantucket Announces Season Lineup
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (TWN) announced today its theatre season for 2020. TWN’s 64th summer season begins on May 29 with Neil Simon’s comedy LONDON SUITE. America’s premier comic playwright crosses the Atlantic for a collection of four one-act plays with different characters set in the same suite of a […]
Meryl Streep to Appear on Nantucket at Benefit Cabaret
Three-time Academy Award winner and nineteen-time Academy Award Nominee Meryl Streep will appear at a special cabaret to benefit Theatre Workshop of Nantucket on Saturday, July 30 at the Nantucket Hotel and Resort. The evening will pay tribute to TWN’s 60 years of performing on the island. “On With The […]
We Asked Nantucketers What They Appreciate about Their Mothers
What do you appreciate most about your mom? “Her sensitivity and the way she taught me that it’s okay to be different.” -Jim Sulzer, author of The Voice at the Door and teacher at Nantucket New School “My mom is still with us at 91, and just as sweet and […]
Details on Upcoming On-Island Film
In late March, independent filmmaker Jay Craven and his crew will arrive on Nantucket to begin production of Craven’s upcoming film, Peter and John. Craven’s production company, Kingdom County Productions, has partnered with Vermont’s Marlboro College to produce this period piece based on Guy de Maupassant’s novel, Pierre et Jean. […]