{"id":3273897,"date":"2024-04-03T16:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3273897"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:02:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:02:52","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-theatre-unb-presents-mad-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-theatre-unb-presents-mad-forest","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Theatre UNB presents &#8220;Mad Forest&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3273898\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-theatre-unb-presents-mad-forest\/attachment\/lunchbox2024tunbmadforest\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024TUNBMadForest.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2024TUNBMadForest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024TUNBMadForest-800x800.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024TUNBMadForest-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3273898\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024TUNBMadForest-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024TUNBMadForest-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024TUNBMadForest-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024TUNBMadForest-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2024TUNBMadForest.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The last production by Theatre UNB for 2023-2024 season is <em><strong>Mad Forest<\/strong><\/em> by Caryl Churchill. My guests today are <strong>Len Falkenstein<\/strong> (UNB Director of Drama; director; Grand Poobah of Theatre in Fredericton), <strong>Maham Raza<\/strong> (actor), <strong>Camryn Gaudet<\/strong> (actor); <strong>Naga Abhinav Sujal Kamireddy &#8220;Abi&#8221;<\/strong> (actor). They joined me to talk about their own experiences of this historical, surreal play, the challenges of learning to dance (and speak Romanian), and why this play inspired Len.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Mad Forest<\/strong><\/em> runs April 4-11 at 7:30pm nightly at Memorial Hall at UNB Campus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_699\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2024-03-28%20TUNB%20presents%20Mad%20Forest.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('699','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2024-03-28%20TUNB%20presents%20Mad%20Forest.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a 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