A ghost story with island texture and radio-drama patience.
White Heron Radio Theater's Ghost Light Series turns a Nantucket ghost story into an old-fashioned radio drama, then folds in the artists behind it and the book that inspired it.
White Heron Radio Theatre's Ghost Light Series
Mark Shanahan and Blue Baillett
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In their own words
In the theatre we have a tradition. Whenever the stage goes dark between performances, we always like to leave a single light burning in the house until the curtain can rise again. We call it - a “ghost light.” And until we can all meet once more at White Heron, we’re pleased to offer you something we like to call our Ghost Light Series. Original Radio Drama created especially for you, our Nantucket audience. Nantucket's White Heron Theatre Company presents White Heron Radio Theatre. Our first series, The Ghost Light Series, is adapted by Mark Shanahan from Blue Baillett's book N...
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A tea table answers back, and your ghost-story skepticism may need to pull up a chair.
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- a skeptical reporter's confidence to wobble along with a Nantucket tea table
- a Broadway ghost who takes a keen interest in two young actors
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Best episodes of White Heron Radio Theatre's Ghost Light Series
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A lonely actor finds an afterlife on Nantucket, where Shakespeare, young love, and old stage lights begin to glow again.
Harry Woodruff wakes on Nantucket after dying alone in New York, still carrying the ache of a Prospero he had been rehearsing for a Broadway opening that never arrives.
A ghost-lit portrait of Harry Woodruff, where Broadway acclaim meets Nantucket memory and private feeling.
A ghost light hangs over this radio drama about Harry Woodruff, the Broadway actor and cherished figure in Sconset's actress colony who once walked Nantucket stages.
A child's ghostly errand becomes a melancholy Nantucket mystery of fog, shells, a ring, and one question left buried.
Henny's friendship with a ghost turns into a Nantucket mystery when he leads her through the fog to a pile of scallop shells and asks her to dig.
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Episodes
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Full Radio Broadcast #5
This episode of White Heron Radio Theater's Ghost Light series presents chilling Nantucket-inspired ghost stories, including a radio play based on M.R.
·54m - 2
A Trip Across the Sound
A 1942 letter recounts a mysterious, possibly supernatural experience during a late-night boat trip from New York to Nantucket.
·7m - 3
Old and Young
Two young men in 1972 rent a cheap, problematic house on Nantucket and begin experiencing eerie encounters with an old man in a fedora hat, suggesting the place might be haunted.
·9m - 4
A Shaker Rocker
An antiques dealer recounts buying and restoring a historic house built in 1802, detailing its ownership history through seven families over 181 years.
·11m - 5
A Red Friend
A narrator recounts a personal experience of seeing a calm, red-hued ghost of a woman outside their rented house in 1976.
·8m - 6
Shimmer
Hidden gemWhite Heron Radio Theatre's Ghost Light Series presents “Shimmer,” a Nantucket ghost story about electrician Parker and an alarm that activates at quarter to midnight on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
·27m·1 clip - 7
Full Radio Broadcast #4
Hidden gemWhite Heron Radio Theater's Ghost Light Series: Full Radio Broadcast #4 presents “Shimmer,” a dramatized account of an unexplained presence at Nantucket’s 1800 House on Mill Street, followed by “A Little Girl,” a family account involving a child apparition.
·55m·3 clips - 8
Whistle
A man reflects on a Nantucket superstition about throwing pennies from a ferry to ensure returning to the island, now fearing he may never leave despite wanting to.
·35m - 9
Harry's Ghost
Hidden gemA ghostly narrator, Harry Woodruff, recounts his death in 1916 just before his Broadway debut as Prospero and his return to Nantucket in this original radio drama.
·35m·2 clips - 10
Full Radio Broadcast #3
Hidden gemThis episode of White Heron Radio Theater explores the history of theater on Nantucket, focusing on Broadway actor Harry Woodruff and featuring ghost stories inspired by local lore.
·54m·2 clips - 11
Under the Scallop Shells
A personal narrative about a childhood ghost friendship and a theatre's ghost light tradition, adapted into a Nantucket radio drama.
·29m·2 clips - 12
You Wanted to See Me
A woman recounts eerie experiences of hearing unexplained voices in an old rented house, suggesting paranormal activity.
·14m - 13
A Little Girl
A family recounts their terrifying experience when their son Jimmy saw a ghostly little girl in their rented farmhouse, leading to lasting trauma and changes in their sleeping arrangements.
·11m - 14
Full Radio Broadcast #2
This episode of White Heron Radio Theatre features ghost stories introduced by hosts Mark Shanahan and Lynn Bolton, based on Blue Balliette's book, with a personal narrative about a childhood ghost friend.
Jul 25, 2020·55m·5 clips - 15
The Tipping Table
Skeptical writer John Hibbert travels to Nantucket to expose two sisters who claim to communicate with a ghost named Mr.
Jul 18, 2020·27m·2 clips - 16
Full Radio Broadcast #1
This episode features an original radio drama adaptation of 'The Tipping Table' from Blue Balliette's book 'Nantucket Ghosts,' followed by an interview with the author.
Jul 18, 2020·54m·5 clips