The adventurous Louis de Rougemont invites you to hear his amazing story of bravery, survival and celebrity that left nineteenth-century England spellbound. Dare to be whisked away in a story of the high seas, populated by exotic islanders, flying wombats, giant sea turtles and a monstrous man-eating octopus. SHIPWRECKED examines how far we're willing to blur the line between fact and fiction in order to leave our mark on the world.

 

"Recreating the pleasures of nineteenth-century platform entertainment with a tart contemporary twist, Donald Margulies' SHIPWRECKED offers a self-promoting fabulist a forum to inform and persuade, and it delights in both respects."

—Variety

 

"The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Donald Margulies scampers to the defense of good old-fashioned yarn spinning with SHIPWRECKED. The breathless story of a Victorian gentleman [and] seafaring wanderer springs to life like a theatrical pop-up book. The audience is left to judge whether he is an inspirational figure touched by imaginative genius or a mere con man. We can also consider the possibility that the hero of this true story based on an untrue story is a little of each." —NY Times

 

"Margulies gives a sympathetic nod to the audacious autobiographer's creative overreach in SHIPWRECKED, a deft literate narrative folded into a vaudevillian romp with radio theater overtones. Colorful [and] compassionate speculations on the real-life deficiencies and pain that may have been at the root of Louis' need for self-aggrandizement."

—LA Times

By Donald Margulies

SHOW TIMES:

 

Thursday, February 16: 8pm

Friday, February 17: 8pm

Saturday, February 18: 8pm

Sunday, February 19: 2pm

 

Friday, February 24: 8pm

Saturday, February 25: 8pm

Sunday, February 26: 2pm

 

Friday, March 3: 8pm

Saturday, March 4: 8pm

Sunday, March 5: 2pm

SPECIAL DATES

 

February 16

Preview performance, all seats $20

February 17

Opening night, post-show reception

February 19

Senior Sunday,

free post-show talkback

 

February 26

Dreamcatcher Book Club gathering and talkback - open to all!

 

If you're participating in the Book Club discussion, the script can be purchased at:

MONDO

426 Springfield Avenue

Summit, NJ 07901

OR

https://www.amazon.com/Shipwrecked-Amazing-Adventures-Rougemont-himself/dp/1559363436

 

Cast & Creative Team

Cast:

Nicole Callender*†
Harry Patrick Christian*†
Scott McGowan*†

 

Director: Jack Tamburri

Stage manager: Amy Hadam†

Assistant Stage Manager: TBA

Scenic designer: Lily Guerin

Lighting designer: Nathan Avakian

Sound designer: Jeff Knapp

Costume designer: Laura Ekstrand

Playwright:  Donald Margulies

 

* member of the Dreamcatcher ensemble

† member of the Actors' Equity