MEN ON BOATS-Blackfriars Theatre

*Free Transportation from RIT is provided. Please arrive by 6:30pm at the RIT Sentinel to check in for the bus. This performance will be ASL interpreted.*

MEN ON BOATS
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Rachel Solomon

WHAT'S THE DEAL?
“Off-the-canyon-walls funny.” — Variety

“Marvelously destabilizing both as history and theater. The stalwartness and selfishness of the adventurers – their cockiness and cluelessness – become biting satire when sent up by women.” — New York Magazine

WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men on Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition where a one-armed captain and an insane yet loyal crew set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Inspired by John Wesley Powell’s actual travel logs, Backhaus’s nimble and ingenious script is provocative, laugh-out-loud theatre, infusing America’s historic myths of male conquest with a sly blast of satire. It’s a total testosterone fest… without a single cis-White male on stage!

CONTENT ADVISORY: The show explores masculinity and Manifest Destiny, including the westward expansion into Native lands; it contains strong language; reference to war; and references to offstage death.

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Taj Smith
Co-hosted with: Community and Education, Performing Arts Scholars (OWNER), Performing Arts, Student Affairs Inclusivity and Allyship, Campus Life: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Resource Center