Different Ships, Same Boat invites audiences to celebrate not only America but also Americans. Unfolding through a series of chapters with podcast-like narration, Massachusetts Poet Laureate and former Poetry Slam Champion Regie Gibson and composer/storycatcher Guy Mendilow guide audiences through stories from small towns, cities and ports of entry. Different Ships, Same Boat uses a mix of old-world music and lyrical American Blues to explore the joys, tensions and complexities of who we are and whom we wish to be. This is a powerful performance of captivating stories and music that connects audiences to American, histories both familiar and unique.