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The
Nantucket Comedy Festival proudly announces a new event to support the Stand Up
& Learn kids comedy program:
Nantucket Nights! Nantucket Nights will feature two comedians recording
their live comedy specials on the Saturday Night of Christmas Stroll weekend,
December 4th, at the Dreamland Theater.
This
year’s featured performers are none other than The Godfather of Boston Comedy,
Don Gavin, and America’s Got Talent’s top comedic finisher, Tom Cotter. The event
will be recorded for television and streaming services in front of an
enthusiastic crowd to help celebrate the energy of the island at its off season
best.
The
two specials will display the beauty of wintertime on Nantucket; wintry
cobblestone streets lined with Christmas trees and the hustle and bustle of
Christmas shoppers, revelers, theater patrons and performers as they make their
way through our picturesque town.
Nantucket
Island is known the world over for its amazing beaches and beautiful vibrant
downtown during the summer season. But
many people do not realize the amazing beauty to be found on the island in the
“off season.” The “off season” has been traditionally relegated to the
locals…until now.
Professionally
recorded with all island-based resources (Dan Driscoll and September Films,
NCTV, and technical crew) for television or streaming services, like Showtime,
Amazon Prime, Netflix or similar, the entire world can see what locals have
known for years: Nantucket Island is
truly a special place to spend the holidays.
Executive
Director of the Nantucket Comedy Festival and Nantucket Nights Producer Kevin
Flynn says, “Our goal is to make Nantucket Nights to comedy, what Austin City
Limits is to music. Austin City Limits invites great musical artists to its
stages a few times a year, but the real star of the show is the city itself. We
hope to put our very own island spin on the event to showcase the REAL star:
Nantucket.”
Thanks
to the support of the ReMain Nantucket Fund, tickets for Nantucket Nights will
be priced at the low rate of $35 to make the show very accessible and will go
on sale the first week in November.
Information
and updates can be found at www.nantucketcomedy.com.
About
the Nantucket Comedy Festival
The
Nantucket Comedy Festival is a non-profit organization that uses comedy to
empower, engage, and inspire through its annual festival and the year-round
Stand Up & Learn™ (SUL) workshops for students. SUL empowers youth, ages 8-18, to build
self-confidence by teaching them to write and perform original stand-up comedy.
This art form provides a wealth of skills that can be applied to the real
world, including storytelling, creative writing, interpersonal communication
and public speaking. Our vision is a community connected by laughter.
About
Don Gavin
Don
Gavin is considered the Godfather of Boston comedy. He was one of the original
founders of the Ding-Ho Comedy Club in Cambridge and Nick's Comedy Club in
Boston. Don has toured every state of the union performing in clubs, theatres,
colleges, and corporate events. Don has
performed in over 100 countries with his work with the USO and on cruise
ships. He is lightning quick and a
surefire hit wherever he performs. His TV and film credits include “Late Show
with David Letterman”, “It's All Relative”, “Tough Crowd”, “Evening at the
Improv”, “Roast of Denis Leary”, Fever Pitch, Shallow Hal, and many others.
About
Tom Cotter
Comedian
Tom Cotter has taken the comedy scene by storm since finishing as runner-up and
becoming the Breakout Star from Season 7’s "America's Got Talent." He
lost to a dog act, but don’t hold that against him; Tom was the first comedian
ever to be a finalist on the show and was the highest finishing human being on
the show that year.
In
January 2019 Tom was again invited back to the AGT stage - this time to perform
against the best of the best “Got Talent” performers from other years and
around the world in “America’s Got Talent: The Champions.” In one the most
talked about sets of the entire competition, Tom received a STANDING OVATION
from the adoring crowd.
Tom's
other numerous television and radio credits include "The Tonight Show,”
“Last Comic Standing,” his very own "Comedy Central Presents...Tom
Cotter, "The Howard Stern Show”, Comics Unleashed, multiple appearance on
CBS’ "The Late Late Show" and Celebrity Host of “Gotham Comedy Live”
on AXS-TV.
NOTE: Because this event is presented by The Nantucket Comedy Festival, there is a $2 service fee on all tickets even those purchased by Dreamland Members.