Ghostlight

Jun 14, 2024

1h 55m

★ 7.1

Overview

When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet alongside his estranged teenage daughter, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Little Engine

Runaway Train

Ghostlight Trailers

Cast

Dan Mueller

Keith Kupferer

Daisy

Katherine Mallen Kupferer

Sharon

Tara Mallen

Rita

Dolly de Leon

Lanora

Hanna Dworkin

Lucian

Tommy Rivera-Vega

Moira

Alma Washington

Greg

Dexter Zollicoffer

Jonah

H.B. Ward

Mikey

Matthew C. Yee

Charlie

Marlene Slaughter

Jim

Bradley Grant Smith

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