In a Forest, Dark and Deep

In a Forest, Dark and Deep
Written by	Neil LaBute
Date premiered	14 March 2011 (2011-03-14)
Place premiered	Vaudeville Theatre, London
Original language	English
Genre	Dark Comedy

In a Forest, Dark and Deep is a play by Neil LaBute. It received its world premiere production in the West End's Vaudeville Theatre on 14 March 2011 following previews from 3 March 2011, running for a limited season until 4 June 2011. The production starred Matthew Fox and Olivia Williams. A review in The Observer described the play as "[…] something approaching a conventional thriller [where] a college lecturer and her redneck brother meet in a log cabin in the midst of the wilds there's a whiff of incest.[1][2]

The play had its American premiere at Profiles Theatre in Chicago, Illinois in April 2012 through 3 June.[3] The production stars Darrell W. Cox and Natasha Lowe and was directed by Joe Jahraus.[4] The Chicago Tribune reviewer wrote:"Interesting and formatively atypical, it strikes me as very much a meditation on what is and is not true, on the ease of rushing to misjudgment, and also a further manifestation of the longstanding authorial fascination with the close link between deep intimacy and dark violence."[5]

This production was followed by a Contemporary American Theater Festival (Shepherdstown, West Virginia) production as part of the 2012 Festival from 6 to 29 July 2012.[6][7]

References

1. Billington, Michael (15 March 2011). "In a Forest Dark and Deep - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
2. Clapp, Susannah (20 March 2011). "Ecstasy; Flare Path; In a Forest, Dark and Deep – review". The Observer.
3. Chicago Tribune (17 January 2012). "Chicago Tribune". Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
4. Profiles Theatre. "Profiles Theatre". Retrieved 4 April 2012.
5. Jones, Chris. "Review. Twists and turns and a few stumbles in LaBute's 'Forest'" Chicago Tribune, April 23, 2012
6. Contemporary American Theater Festival. "The Plays". CATF. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
7. Treanor, Tim. " 'In a Forest, Dark and Deep' at CATF" dctheatrescene.com, July 7, 2012