Fear Forest

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Company: Found In New York

Genre: Play - Comedy

Venue: 4 - Pantages Mainstage

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The scariest thing aboutFear Forest is, unfortunately, that it's frightfully unfunny.

When newbie park ranger Colleen (Carol Lee Sirugo) is left in charge of an unprepared band of campers, she ventures into the dark woods which she's terrified of.

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  It's a great premise for some goofy character-based comedy, [but]truly funny comedic bits are too few and far between.- Joff Schmidt

It's a great premise for some goofy character-based comedy, and both Siguro and castmate Jonathan Kaplan show a knack for playing off-beat characters.

But itfeels like a work in progress thatspends too much time setting up its premise and coaxing animal noises from the audience,and truly funny comedic bits are too few and far between.

This forest is best approached with caution.