Swept Away (Arena Stage)

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About the Show

Four survivors of a shipwreck must quickly figure out how to survive in this tense new musical.

When a raging storm sinks their whaling ship off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts, the four survivors face a reckoning: how far will they go to stay alive? And can they live with the consequences?

With music and lyrics from The Avett Brothers, whose 2004 “Mignonette” was inspired by an 1884 shipwreck and the struggle of four men to stay alive, Swept Away is an electrifying, soul-shaking examination of how facing tragedy can open the door to forgiveness… if only we’ll let it.

Book by John Logan, Music and Lyrics by The Avett Brothers. Directed by Michael Mayer

Critic Reviews (1)

“At just over a little over 90 minutes, the story does suffer from a lack of character development for the Captain and the crew. Still, the musical is fresh, the actors marvelous, and the harmonies powerful enough to make the Avett Brothers proud.”
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