The Singing Forest

Winner of the Steinberg Award for Best American Play.

"Lucas' musings about the tenacious grip of memory on a troubled mind resonate with lyric urgency."--Variety

Prolific playwright Craig Lucas creates a web of comedic coincidence and missed connections in The Singing Forest. Though the play is a farce, Lucas' characters demonstrate the complexity and depth of the human psyche--both in the chaotic present and within the troubled memory of the past.

Craig Lucas's plays include Ode to Joy, Missing Persons, Reckless, Blue Window, Prelude to a Kiss, God's Heart, The Dying Gaul, Stranger, Prayer for My Enemy, Small Tragedy, and the book for The Light in the Piazza (music and lyrics by Adam Guettel).

Craig Lucas is a playwright, screenwriter and director. His plays include Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, Blue Window, God’s Heart, The Singing Forest and Small Tragedy. His screenplays include Longtime Companion, The Secret Lives of Dentists and The Dying Gaul, which he also directed. Mr. Lucas’ awards include the L.A. Drama Critics Award, an OBIE Award for Best Play and Best Director, and the Excellence in Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.