Floyd Collins

Musical

Writers: Tina Landau Adam Guettel

Context

Floyd Collins is based on the true story of an American cave explorer of the same name who descended into the tunnels of the unexplored Sand Cave in Cave City, Kentucky on January 30, 1925, never to reemerge. Though he claimed that he found one of the most magnificent caverns ever seen, no one was ever able to find it. The story is most notable in American history for becoming one of the hottest news items of the years between the two world wars.

The American Musical Theater Festival in Philadelphia originally commissioned Floyd Collins to be written by Adam Guettel and directed by Tina

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