'Men on Boats' at ISU: A play about John Wesley Powell with

The theatre department at Illinois State University brings to life a satirical (mostly) true telling of local hero John Wesley Powell's 1869 expedition through the American West. Powell's journey with other erudite explorers is hilariously captured in the play "Men on Boats." The play runs Feb. 17-25 in the Westhoff Theatre at Illinois State.

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