This is a multiday event from Nov 21, 2025 - Dec 07, 2025.
| Where |
Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts
356 Lafayette Street
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| When |
7:30 pm - 2:00 pm
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Caryl Churchill's 1990 drama resulted from a trip to Romania not long after the December 1989 Romanian Revolution. Developed with students from London's Central School of Drama, this work is an incisive portrait of a 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. The play's brief scenes are almost cinematic in their presentation of events as seen by ordinary people trying to live in peace.
Directed by Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin.
Co-sponsored by Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
PERFORMANCES
November 21and 22 and December 5 and 6 at 7:30 pm
November 23 and December 7 at 2 pm
Post-show conversation - Sunday, November 23
Friday, December 5 is SALEM NIGHT. Free admission for Salem residents. This event takes place in our mainstage theater, no advance reservation required.
TICKETS
$15 general/$10 seniors/free for all students with student ID and under 18.
Admission is free for Salem State students, faculty and staff. Valid university ID must be presented at the box office to claim your ticket.
“Mad Forest” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Contact
Accessibility
For access and accommodation information, visit our page on access or email access@salemstate.edu.