Matawan

Set Design, Prop Design | Oscar Brockett Theatre

Written by Dan Caffrey | Directed by Lane Michael Stanley | Photography by Mingxian Ya and Logan Smith

An immersive theatrical experience to plunge the audience into the depths of the ocean. Set in 1916, the play follows a series of fatal shark attacks that terrorized the New Jersey Shore. Further inland, a polio epidemic plagued Philadelphia, while the cloud of World War I loomed.  Matawan follows the humans who struggle against these forces, as well as the story of the shark - a creature whose constant evolution has led to years of survival.