• Act 1, Scene 1: Lucia has four eggs.

  • Act 1, Scene 8: The bottle of wine is on the table.

  • Act 1, Scene 9: The sky is blue.

  • Act 1, Scene 15: Irina has a headache.

  • Act 2: December.

  • Act 2: December.

  • Act 3, Scene 1: The dog is hungry.

  • Act 3, Scene 4: When we went to visit our grandparents in the country it was a sunny day.

  • Act 3, Scene 4.4

  • Act 3, Scene 6: Gabriel is coming home tonight.

  • Act 3, Scene 8: We wish you happiness.

Mad Forest

Script by Caryl Churchill

Produced by Vassar Experimental Theater

Direction by Christopher Grabowski

Stage Management by Carina Jiang

Bio: This timely drama resulted from a trip to Romania. Developed with students from London’s Central School of Drama, this is an incisive portrait of society in turmoil that focuses on two families to reveal what life is like under a totalitarian regime and what results when the regime collapses.

Produced in the Spring of 2023

Photography by Ana Leon Urrutia

Set Design by Christopher Grabwoski & Aiden Skelly

Lighting Design by Brandon Stirling Baker 

Sound Design by Ben Turner

Costume Design by Kenisha Kelly

Asst. Costume Design by Maggie Young & Olivia Salva

Dramaturgy by Amanda Culp & Simeon Bremer

Actors: Sam Andrews, Joe Baldwin, Simeon Bremer, Sydney Duncan, Matthew Fisher, Charlotte Harter, Georgia Macy, Conrad Schott, Aiden Skelly, Vi To, Shona Tucker, Ben Turner, Yuchen Zhou