It's the near future, and Silt and Marsh are embarking on a mission to save Newtown Creek. Are you willing to help? Be ready to paddle and persevere for this site-specific play in a 14-seat canoe on the water.
Conceived by director and theatermaker Dina Vovsi and created in collaboration with playwright Dan Caffrey and performer and canoe consultant Jens Rasmussen, River Watchers is a site-specific, journey-based theatrical experience on a 14-seat Langley canoe in Newtown Creek inspired by the waterway’s environmental challenges and resilience, and is being presented by The Motor Company in partnership with the North Brooklyn Community Boathouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Audience members will board a 29-foot Langley canoe, which can accommodate up to 14 paddlers. In order for the play to move, the boat must move, and the audience—an essential part of the story—must work together to paddle.
