FORGOTTEN KINGDOMS

April 21 – May 21, 2017
By Randy Baker
Directed by Cara Gabriel
  • Atlas Performing Arts Center

WINNER: Helen Hayes Award for Best Set Design

On a small island in Indonesia, a wooden house balances on stilts over a churning sea. In this house Reverend David Holiday tries to convert a skeptical young local whose fate has become improbably intertwined with his own. At stake this night is the life of the young man’s father, the future of this island’s ancient culture and the happiness of an American family caught between worlds. As the night turns into morning, the fate of David’s haunted young son becomes the biggest question of all.

 

FEATURE ARTICLES:

“How Rizal Iwan from Indonesia ended up on H Street making his US debut in Forgotten Kingdoms at Rorschach” (DC Theatre Scene)

Conversations with Five Makers of ‘Forgotten Kingdoms’ at Rorschach Theatre (DC Metro Theatre Arts)

BWW Preview: A Staged Reading of Randy Baker’s FORGOTTEN KINGDOMS by Jakarta Players Community Theatre (A locally-written BROADWAY WORLD article written about the reading in Jakarta) 

NOW! JAKARTA feature article on actor Rizal Iwan: “Meet Indonesia’s Creative Souls”

A REPORT FROM VOICE OF AMERICA INDONESIA ABOUT ACTOR RIZAL IWAN:

“Bold…poignant…rich in telling detail… You won’t soon forget Forgotten Kingdoms.“

The Washington Post

FEATURING

Natalie Cutcher
Sun King Davis
Jeremy Gee
Rizal Iwan
Vishwas

Designers

Set and Costumes Debra Kim Sivigny
Asst. Set Designer Brian Gillick
Lighting Tyler Dubuc
Asst. Lighting Designer Amanda C. Kircher
Sound and Composition Justin Schmitz

STAFF

Production Manager Gordon Nimmo-Smith
Assistant Director Jennifer Knight
Stage Manager Linz Moore
Dramaturg Sybil R. Williams Technical Director Christian Sullivan
Master Electrician Elliot Shugoll
Fight Choreography Casey Kaleba
Scenic Charge Britney Mongold
ASM Megan Ann Robbins

PRODUCERS

Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick
Jonelle Walker

MEDIA

PRESS

“Part cross-cultural collision, part family melodrama, part theological thriller, part audacious myth-making, Rorschach Theatre’s Forgotten Kingdoms contains such rich content it’s like riding a rip tide.”
DC Metro Theatre Arts
“[Randy] Baker’s own experience adds the kind of precise detail that makes the story, as fantastic as it becomes, rooted in truth …. a step or two from a great American play. Which is exciting to see on H Street.”
BroadwayWorld
“[E]ngaging and infused with humor …. a satisfying and thought-provoking work of theater.”
Brightest Young Things
“Deb Sivigny’s gorgeous set design [is] almost worth the price of admission itself …. a zoomed-in, deeply human story influenced by magical elements”
DCist
“Though the events that unfold take place in 1983, the themes being addressed on stage—faith, truth, cultural exchange, forgiveness, the omnipresence of the past—are just as relevant in 2017 …. #ForgottenKingdoms is an ambitious and thought-provoking bit of world-building that is sure to spark a bevy of conversations among those lucky enough to see it.”
DC Theatre Scene