Captains Courageous at Powerhouse Theatre Collaborative

Harvey Cheyne, a spoiled 12-year-old boy who falls off his father’s ocean liner in the North Atlantic in 1928. Rescued by Manuel, a Portuguese fisherman, Harvey is brought aboard a New England fishing schooner and put to work. Thrust into a pre-modern world of ropes, sails and fishing lines, Harvey rebels, and he is soon branded a “Jonah” and blamed for the ship’s bad luck. But with Manuel’s help and friendship, Harvey leaves his boyhood behind, wins over the crew, and learns the value of hard work, spirit and song. The musical is based on the Rudyard Kipling novel and the classic Academy Award-winning film.

Authors

• Frederick Freyer
• Patrick Cook
• Rudyard Kipling
• Turner Entertainment Co.