The Lighthouse Song: Nantucket Mixtape

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The Lighthouse Song This summer, I had the privilege of working with the White Heron Theatre Company to create the Nantucket Mixtape. Mixtape was a cabaret of many different songs performed by student actors that centered around the common theme of breaking through. At the beginning of this amazing experience, the Nantucket Mixtape cast - 15 talented student actors and singers - collaborated with the adult band The Lobbyists to write a song that we titled “The Lighthouse.” To begin, we agreed on a theme, and then split into four small groups to design and write pieces of the song. Eventually, we all met together, shared our ideas, and began singing. Looking around the room, I vividly remember the grins and the sparkling eyes as we first