Wall Street Journal 6/1/12: Marina Keegan's Posthumous FringeNYC Musical 'The Independents' Deals with Drug Smuggling and Tall Ships. Marina Keegan’s play, “The Independents,” follows nine friends who live and work on a Revolutionary War-era tall ship. They pretend to be historical re-enactors as a cover for their actual job, smuggling marijuana from Nova Scotia to Gloucester. But when their captain disappears, they must mortgage the ship and take up historical reenacting for real, learning as they go. “It has a folk rock quality and some ballads, musical theater numbers and uses some sea-faring songs as well,” said Elena Holy, the Producing Artistic Director of the New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, which is featuring performances of “The Independents.”