Led by Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson and composer Guy Mendilow, this interactive performance uses podcast-like narration and an evocative musical score to explore the multifaceted ways Americans risk, live, love, and laugh.
Unfolding through a series of chapters, the show curates real-world stories from small towns, cities, and ports of entry; from Chinese Americans at Angel Island to Ottoman Jewish immigrants. Performed by a world-class, multiethnic quartet, the music spans lyrical American Blues to the traditional songs of Hungary and Greece.
As we commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Experiment, “Different Ships, Same Boat” invites you to celebrate not only America, but Americans. This is a moving, finely crafted anthology for those craving a powerful performance that connects us to histories both familiar and far from our own.
