Sea of Trees (7W, 2M; Musical with puppet)

Book and Lyrics by Ryan Oliveira, Music by Adam Phillips

Workshop Production at the University of Iowa

Feb. 27-28, 2015

Director: Marina Bergenstock

Music Director: Frankie Rose

Costume Consultant: Hiram Orozco

Lighting/Set Consultant: 

Raymond Ockenfels

Violence Designer: Lukas Brasherfons

Stage Manager: Samantha Paradis

 

Guitar: Adam Phillips

Electric Bass: CJ Kent

Percussion: Riley Cook

 

 

In Aokigahara – also known as the Suicide Forest of Japan – a young woman named Aimi seeks to reunite with her lost lover, Kats…much to the chagrin of her stuffed calico cat, Neko. She learns from a priest that the only way to communicate with Kats is through a near-death experience, so she plays with suicide to meet him. Unknowingly, every close call with death brings her closer to total destruction at the hands of the malevolent spirits of the forest, including Moriko, who desires to devour her delectable soul. Aimi’s only hope of finally reuniting with Kats on the same side of life is a sacrifice – but how big of a sacrifice will she actually make?

 

CAST

Aimi:               Katie Boothroyd

Neko:              Maya Bassuk

Kouki:             Zach Hendershott

Kats:                Nicholas Montgomery

Moriko:           Megan Henry

Otsuyu:           Madeline Ascherl

Kuchisake:      Raine Welterlen

Okiku:            Rubina Vidal

Oiwa:              Ariel Davis