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).