In November 2016, singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane (The Ambassador, 2014 Next Wave) took a two-week train trip across the US with no phone or internet, embracing 8,980 miles of monkish Amtrak existence.
The result is this hymn to the analog intimacy of American rail culture as antidote to the fragmentation and efficiency of modern life. Alone at the piano, Kahane draws from dining car conversations with dozens of strangers—cowboys, postmasters, religious luddites, sea-steading software engineers—to sing of his own upended assumptions about the body politic as revealed through his unplugged railroad exile.
Created in collaboration with director Daniel Fish and designer Jim Findlay, Book of Travelers is a meditation on the beautiful terror of getting lost in an unfamiliar landscape.
Part of the 2017 Next Wave Festival
Show Finder
8980: Book of Travelers
First Preview: Nov 29, 2017
Opening Date: Nov 30, 2017
Closing Date: Dec 2, 2017
Running Time: 01:15
Playing @
BAM Harvey Theater
651 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: Balcony seating is only accessible by 70 stairs.
Performance Schedule
THURSDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
Music
- Gabriel Kahane
Director
- Daniel Fish
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
Not currently available for this show
Listed at 
Never
Full-price tickets:
$28.00 - $50.00
Video
Accessibility
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Wheelchair Info
Four locations. Two areas in aisle of orchestra. Can accommodate two wheelchairs each. -
Elevator\Escalator
Elevator: Automatic. Accesses orchestra level (2nd floor only). Raised lettering. -
Passenger Loading Zone
Front. -
Parking
Lots: Two, both marked BAM across street. Spaces on street close to main entrance can be reserved. -
Curb Ramps
Corner of Ashland Pl. & Fulton St. -
Entrance
Double doors in series: 1st set (each 28.5) has one pair of automatic doors from 44th St. to Ticket Lobby with push-button control. 2nd set (each 28", attended by ushers) to inner lobby. Doors wide and heavy, but usually open during performances. Marked with large lettering. -
Box Office
Ticket Lobby. Counters 38.5", 41.5", 47". Accessible pass-through with writing shelf at 32". Assistance available.Main level. Counter less than 48". -
Restroom
Womens: 1st floor. Outer door wider than 32". Stall door 29". Stall size less than 60". Commode 18". Grab bars.Mens: 1st floor. Outer door wider than 32". Stall doors 31". Stall size less than 60". Commode 18". Grab bars. -
Water Fountain
Main Lobby. Spouts 36" and 44".Ask usher for cups. -
Telephone
Ticket lobby. Coin slot 46". Cord 29". With TTY and electric outlet. -
Assisted Listening System
yes -
Visual Assistance
None.
