In rural Kentucky in 1925, cave explorer Floyd Collins dreams of turning his discovery—Sand Cave—into a tourist attraction. But while chasing fame and fortune underground, he becomes the attraction himself, trapped 200 feet below the surface with little hope of escape. As Floyd clings to life with only intermittent contact from above, his family, the press, and the nation become caught in a spiralling media frenzy—marking one of America’s first modern news spectacles.
Floyd Collins features a book & direction by Tina Landau (Redwood, Mother Play) and a folk- and bluegrass-infused score by Adam Guettel, the Tony-winning composer of The Light in the Piazza. This Broadway revival stars Jeremy Jordan (The Great Gatsby) in the title role.
Floyd Collins is a deeply American tale of ambition, isolation, and the cost of chasing something bigger than yourself.
