The nonprofit Ghostlight Productions is planning a big show for the weekend of Nov. 12-14 as they participate in Music Theatre International’s (MTI) “All Together Now!: A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre.”

“Each performance will be unique and happening live as it is being streamed,” said Mark Lorentzen, Ghostlight’s artistic director, in an email interview.

He said they’ve never done a livestreamed broadcast before and are excited about the performances, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Nov. 12 and Nov. 13, and 2 p.m. on Nov. 14. Get tickets at ghostlightwa.org.

Tickets to the event are donation based, with a $10 minimum. “We want this to be accessible to anyone,” said Lorentzen.

“Music Theatre International put together this revue to essentially help celebrate local theater all around the globe,” said Lorentzen.

Proceeds from each event go to the company producing the show, he explained.

“In our case, the proceeds will go towards keeping Ghostlight afloat after two years of not being able to produce our primary income generator: live shows,” Lorentzen said. “Part of this is earmarked for continuing the Lincoln renovation project as well.”

The Lincoln Theatre, a fixture of Port Angeles since 1916, has fallen into disrepair and Ghostlight Productions has partnered with the project as a fiscal sponsor, according to a fundraising website (secure.givelively.org/donate/ghostlight-productions/renovate-the-lincoln-theatre).

“Today, The Lincoln Theatre Project plans to bring the old building back to life and guide The Lincoln as it transitions into a versatile, intimate venue for live theatrical productions, second-run film, concerts, and conferences,” the site states.

“The Lincoln is now a member of the League of Historic American Theatres. As a member, The Lincoln has access to many resources specific to the rescue, restoration, rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of an historic theatre.”

There will be 13 performers onstage and a crew of approximately seven. Lorentzen said that their talent pool comes from all over the Olympic Peninsula, with about half of the people from Sequim.

“We only had 22 days to put this show together from first rehearsal to opening night and these folks have done an amazing job,” Lorentzen said.

“There are 15 songs in the show, all from hit musicals, as well as a few moments of spoken word from some huge names in the ‘biz’ like Alan Menkin, Stephen Sondheim, Kristen Chenowith, and Bernadette Peters to name a few.”

Ghostlight will be one of more than 2,500 theatrical organizations from 50 states and 40 countries producing their own shows the weekend of Nov. 12.

MTI is one of the largest musical theater licensing organizations in the world; Lorentzen said they represent most major titles in the musical theater canon.

“This show is special because MTI made it 100 percent free for any company to produce as long as we all performed the show the same weekend,” he said. “They made all the arrangements with the publishers of this select (and awesome) group of songs. Normally a typical production like our 2019 Mamma Mia costs around $8,000-$10,000 for a group like us to produce.”

Lorentzen and his wife Danielle Lorentzen started the company about six years ago.

“Since then the company has taken off,” Mark Lorentzen said. “Every season gets bigger and bigger! Our goal was to create a professional theater in residence on the peninsula (one day soon producing everything from the Lincoln Theatre).

“We eventually see ourselves hosting talent from all over the country, producing summer-stock-like productions year round.”

As for the company name, a ghostlight is the light left on when a theater is dark, Lorentzen explained.

“Usually it’s a tall 6-foot-or-so pole with a lamp on top. The ghostlight serves a very practical purpose (no one wants to accidentally step off a stage in the dark … so not fun) but over time the ghostlight has become a legendary symbol for theatre, honoring those that have been on the stage before us and those that will come after,” he said. “It’s a symbol that, to me, represented this idea that the arts provide a light in our world that anyone can look to for inspiration, enlightenment, to share a laugh, to shed a tear but ultimately to come together as a community!”

Mark Lorentzen, musical director for the “All Together Now!” show, an international musical theatre fundraiser which his nonprofit Ghostlight Productions will participate in during the weekend of Nov. 12-14, leads a rehearsal with the 13-member cast. Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen

Morgan Bartholick participates in a rehearsal for “All Together Now!,” an international fundraiser set for this coming weekend. Ghostlight Productions, a local nonprofit, hopes to raise some funds for operating costs and to help renovate Port Angeles’ hisotoric Lincoln Theatre. Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen

Ron Graham belts out a tune about a dream during a Ghostlight Productions rehearsal for an upcoming livestream fundraising performance. Behind him, Angela Poynter checks her binder. Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen

Singers Morgan Bartholick, Quinton Cornell, Janessa Fodge, Emily Spink and Jennifer Saul rehearse for Ghostlight Productions’ upcoming live streamed show, set for the weekend of Nov. 12-14. The nonprofit is participating in a global event sponsored by Musical Theatre International to raise money for local theater. Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen