Rough Crossing

About the show

Aboard a 1930s transatlantic liner, playwrights Sandor Turai and Alex Gal discover that actress Natasha seems to reciprocate actor Ivor Fish’s declaration of love, devastating her younger composer-lover Adam. Turai fabricates a rehearsal explanation by writing a new ending from their overheard words. A storm and lifeboat drill interrupt the rehearsal; Adam falls overboard but is rescued, reconciles with Natasha, and the company replaces its failing musical with a new play.