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Men on Boats
Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 2024, 8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Location:

The Powerhouse Theater

A play and a senior Drama project. Campus guests only, please. Reservations required: please contact boxoffice@vassar.edu.

In Men On Boats, Jaclyn Backhaus’s original, hilarious, and delightful adventure dramedy, the conquering men out to chronicle the land in service of America, God, and Manifest Destiny are given voice and movement by actors who are anything and everything but white and male, and the bravery, determination, foolishness, humanity, and true grit of the historical explorers is memorialized, while the historical moment of their journey is viewed with a critical lens.

Senior project members:

  • Kaila Dunn ’25
  • Madelyn Ockner ’25
  • Directed by Yining Shang ’25

Sponsored in part by the E.J. Safirstein ’83 Memorial Fund 

Presented through special arrangements with Dramatists Play Service

A book cover with a graphic of mountains in the background with boat paddles crossed over them with the words that read, "MEN ON BOATS." The name "Jaclyn Backhaus" is listed at the bottom.