Fear Forest
Joff Schmidt | CBC News | Posted: July 26, 2017 4:07 PM | Last Updated: July 26, 2017
A great premise for some character-based comedy, but Fear Forest is thin on laughs
Rating: ★★
Company: Found In New York
Genre: Play - Comedy
Venue: 4 - Pantages Mainstage
The scariest thing about Fear 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 it feels like a work in progress that spends 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.