RIVER WATCHERS
Created by
Dina Vovsi, Dan Caffrey, and Jens Rasmussen
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.
Presented in association with the North Brooklyn Community Boathouse & The Motor Company
Written by Dan Caffrey
Directed by Dina Vovsi
Performed by Jens Rasmussen & Amanda Bruton
Stage Manager - Emma Sonricker
Canoe Consultant - Jens Rasmussen
Graphic Design - Lauren Matrka
Scenic Design - Kelvin Pater
Press Rep - Emily Owens
Bow Paddlers - Thiago de Mello Bueno, Dewey Thompson, Daigo Kawasaki, T Main
"all the world's a stage, even sewage water" 💧🚽💧 "one of america's filthiest waterways is having a cultural renaissance" 🏭 🌊 🏭 "the outer boroughs' hottest floating off-off bway venue" -NY Post
"all the world's a stage, even sewage water" 💧🚽💧 "one of america's filthiest waterways is having a cultural renaissance" 🏭 🌊 🏭 "the outer boroughs' hottest floating off-off bway venue" -NY Post
"Newtown Creek is unfamiliar to many New Yorkers, but theatermaker Dina Vovsi hopes to change that with “River Watchers.” The participatory play invites audiences to board a canoe in the ultra-polluted waterway and help propel the offbeat, poignant production forward." -AllArtsTV
"Newtown Creek is unfamiliar to many New Yorkers, but theatermaker Dina Vovsi hopes to change that with “River Watchers.” The participatory play invites audiences to board a canoe in the ultra-polluted waterway and help propel the offbeat, poignant production forward." -AllArtsTV
"new yorkers looking for good theater at an accessible price may be glad to learn that some of the best artistic work in the city is being done in places they didn't know they had access to. for residents of greenpoint, this is especially true of RIVER WATCHERS, a stirring new immersive theatrical experience." 💧 "engaging & emotional, a one-of-a-kind night of theater that embraces the size of our city's history and humanity's place in it." -greenpointers
"new yorkers looking for good theater at an accessible price may be glad to learn that some of the best artistic work in the city is being done in places they didn't know they had access to. for residents of greenpoint, this is especially true of RIVER WATCHERS, a stirring new immersive theatrical experience." 💧 "engaging & emotional, a one-of-a-kind night of theater that embraces the size of our city's history and humanity's place in it." -greenpointers
photos by Kate Baranovskaya
Our Supporters
RIVER WATCHERS is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
RIVER WATCHERS is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Brooklyn Arts Council.
We’d like to thank the Puffin Foundation for their support of this project.
Actors appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.
Actors' Equity Association (“Equity"), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks