Jonathan Groff Among Complete Cast of The Singing Forest at the Public

Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff will be among the complete cast for the Public Theater’s upcoming New York premiere production of Craig Lucas’ The Singing Forest, joining previously announced star Olympia Dukakis. Directed by Mark Wing-Davey, the play will begin previews on April 7 with opening night set for April 27. The limited engagement will continue through May 17.

Joining Dukakis and Spring Awakening alum Groff who appeared in Lucas' Prayer for My Father at Playwrights Horizons last fall after his summer run in the Public's Hair will be Mark Blum Twelve Angry Men, The Graduate, Rob Campbell Ivanov, King Lear, Louis Cancelmi Blasted, Vincent in Brixton, Pierre Epstein Plenty, The Ballad of Soapy Smith, Randy Harrison Queer as Folk, Wicked, Deborah Offner original Broadway cast of Hair, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea and Susan Pourfar LAB’s The Poor Itch, The Last Sunday in June.

In The Singing Forest, Lucas investigates how history collides with the human heart. The Riemans are your typical American family: They haven’t spoken to each other in decades. Severed by deeply buried secrets from the Holocaust, they are desperate to stay out of contact with each other. Their story takes you on a passage from today's world of Starbucks, celebrity and therapy to Freud's inner circle in Vienna and to Paris at the end of World War II.

The Singing Forest will featured scenic design by John McDermott, costumes by Gabriel Berry, lighting design by Japhy Weideman and original music and sound design by John Gromada.