Shipwrecked! Sets Sail at Walnut Street Theatre

Shipwrecked!, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies, is now in performances at Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre. Directed by Jesse Bernstein, the production opens the season at Independence Studio on 3 and runs through November 1.

The play is described as follows: "An old man hobbles onstage and declares, 'I'm about to tell you a story. A fantastic and amazing story! A story all the more remarkable because every word of it is true.' So says Louis de Rougemont. His brave and amazing adventures left nineteenth-century England spellbound. Audiences who dare will be whisked away by this heroic tale of the high seas, filled with exotic islanders, flying wombats, giant sea turtles and a monstrous man-eating octopus. Inspired by a true story, Shipwrecked! examines how far we're willing to blur the line between fact and fiction in order to leave our mark on the world."

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