Bobbin Ramsey
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Men on Boats

Written by Jaclyn Backhaus 
Lighting Design by Bryce Bartl-Geller 
Set Design by Benji Devine 
Costume Design by Caitlin Cooke 

Cornish College of the Arts
Seattle, Washington 
November 2018


Men on Boats is an anachronistic retelling of the 1869 Powell expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Jaclyn Backhaus celebrated play interrogates the myth of manifest destiny westward-ho colonial adventuring. The playwright notes that "The characters in Men on Boats were historically cisgender white males. The cast should be made up entirely of people who are not."

Photos by Michelle Lewis Smith
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