Men On Boats at 825 Arts

“a playful and wondrous world full of life and joy” – Cherry and Spoon

“Men on Boats is another brilliant example of what makes Ten Thousand Things (TTT) one of the best theater companies in the state of MN.” – The Stages of MN

Directed by Joy Dolo
Music by Walken Schweigert

Featuring Jay Owen Eisenberg, Charli Fool Bear, Ashawnti Sakina Ford, Emjoy Gavino, George Keller, Elise Langer, Anya Naylor, Adelin Phelps, Maureen Sherman-Mendez, Karen Wiese-Thompson, and understudies Michelle de Joya and Em Adam Rosenberg

Stage Manager Jason Clusman
Costume Designer Sarah Bahr
Scenic /Props Designer Sarah Brandner
Movement Coach Isabel Nelson

The American government sends a crew of explorers down a river to name and claim things that aren’t theirs to own — and they soon hit rough waters. Riffing on the history of an 1869 expedition through the Grand Canyon and played by a cast of people the first journey left out, Men on Boats is a raucous adventure that questions our mixed-up myths of masculinity and Manifest Destiny.