From the NY Times to CNN to Conde Nast and the Washington Post, two towns--Shepherdstown WV and Nantucket MA--are regularly hailed as summer holiday spots. For the arts, it's Shepherdstown and its acclaimed Contemporary American Theater Festival featuring 6 new American plays in rep. For sailing, the beaches and escaping the heat, it's Nantucket plus its Theatre Workshop of Nantucket featuring musical classics and more. Sit back for 25 minutes and learn a little more on how the performing arts soothes our soul, provokes the thought process and allows us to learn from history as I interview CATF's Ed Herendeen and TWN's Justin Cerne.