July 14, 2020
The Theatre Workshop of Nantucket is hosting an upcoming Telethon on July 26th will feature appearances and performances and messages of inspiration from Hollywood, Broadway and right here at home! It will be free to the public to watch from anywhere, via NCTV channel 18 or Youtube which will be accessed directly from their site theatrenantucket.org
From Hollywood! Sharon Stone, Allison Janney, Lea Thompson, Gary Oldman, Sam Rockwell, Peri Gilpin, John Shea, Kim Zimmer and Robert Newman
From Broadway! Scheduled to appear Rob McClure, Nick Adams, Liz Callaway, Heidi Blinkenstaff, Ron Bohmer, Sandra Joseph, Mollie Vogt Welch, and Dee Roscioli who have a combined 35 Broadway Shows under their belts, including, Wicked, Mrs. Doubtfire, Cats, Miss Saigon, Ragtime, Phantom of the Opera, Something Rotten, The Cher Show, Chicago, Avenue Q, and Fiddler on the Roof to name a few.
FUN FACTS FROM THE THEATRE WORKSHOP OF NANTUCKET: Did you know that Sharon Stone played The Giant in Into the Woods at Theatre Workshop of Nantucket! OR That Lea Thompson recently starred with John Shea in a virtual stage adaptation of The Trouble with the Truth OR or that 4 time Emmy Winner Kim Zimmer and Robert Newman (Stars of Guiding Light by the famed Josh and Reva) played Martha and George in TWN’s 2017 production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? OR that Peri Gilpin who played Roz on the smash hit Frasier is appearing in TWN’s upcoming virtual production Love and Information and is scheduled to appear on TWN’s stage next summer.
They also have some fantastic local talent and familiar faces we love to see on the Nantucket stage…Libby Veilleux, Cate Oberly, Skyler Wright, Phaedra Plank, Tessa Whelden, Pat Moran, Tyler Bellmon, Roxy York, Roan LaScola, John Vento, Avery Moore, Susan Lucier, Kevin Flynn, Jane Condon, Vanessa Calantrope, Donald Dallaire, and Anna Houghton.
PLUS! The Cobbletones and the Cast of TWN’s Moby Dick Rehearsed*