Men on Boats

Theatre

Name:	Playwrights Horizons/ Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Address:	416 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036

Production Information

First performance date:	July 19, 2016
Opening date:	August 1, 2016
Closing date:	August 21, 2016
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men on Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. This thrilling and widely acclaimed new play by Jaclyn Backhaus returns this summer for a limited engagement at Playwrights Horizons.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Playwrights Horizons	Producer
	Clubbed Thumb	Co-Producer
	Tim Sanford	Artistic Director
	Maria Striar	Producing Artistic Director
	Leslie Marcus	Managing Director
	Sarah McLellan	Managing Director
	Michael Bulger	Associate Artistic Director
	Adam Greenfield	Associate Artistic Director

	Jaclyn Backhaus	Playwright

	Will Davis	Director
	Danielle Santos	Assistant Director

	Arnulfo Maldonado	Set Designer
	Ásta Bennie Hostetter	Costume Designer
	Solomon Weisbard	Lighting Designer
	Jane Shaw	Sound Designer
	Anshuman Bhatia	Assistant Set Designer
	Alana Roecker	Assistant Costume Designer
	Bob Franklin	Assistant Lighting Designer
	Emily Auciello	Assistant Sound Designer

	Carol Fishman	General Manager
	Matt Ross Public Relations	Press Representative

	Erin Gioia Albrecht	Production Stage Manager
	Joseph Fernandez, Jr.	Assistant Stage Manager

	Raphael Mishler	Prop Master
	Anne E Hoeg	Wardrobe

	Lisa Donadio	Casting

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Jocelyn Bioh	Hawkins
	Hannah Cabell	OG
	Danielle Davenport	Hall
	Danaya Esperanza	Seneca
	Donnetta Lavinia Grays	Sumner
	Birgit Huppuch	Goodman
	Elizabeth Kenny	Old Shady
	Layla Khoshnoudi	Bradley
	Kelly McAndrew	Powell
	Kristen Sieh	Dunn

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2017 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Director	Will Davis	Director
2	NOMINATED	2017 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Sound Design in a Play	Jane Shaw	Sound Designer