Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm
​Sundays at 5:00pm
Shows begin promptly at 7:30pm & 5:00pm. No late seating.
*Recommended for ages 16 up
​Running time: 90 minutes (no intermission)

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​Forbidden Fruit celebrates feminine curiosity and challenges the notion of original sin by inviting audiences to step inside a mystery container and choose how they will engage. Designed for small groups of participants, Forbidden Fruit mingles the myth of Pandora with the tale of Alice in Wonderland, and allows audiences into 8 installation rooms, each dedicated to a fruit/fungus/grain. Upon leaving, the price of learning the secrets of each room is paid as the chaos of the world is unleashed.

The Hall

Devised
Performers: Kai Hynes & Rebby Yuer Foster

The Rooms

The Apple
Playwright: Michelle Ruiz Keil
​Actor: Sofia Marks

The Mushroom
Playwright: Andrea Stolowitz
Actor: Vana O'Brien

The Wheat Berry
Playwright: Sara Jean Accuardi
Actor: Kailey Rhodes

The Fig
Playwright: E.M. Lewis
Actor: Val Landrum

The Pomegranate
Devised
Actor: Olivia Mathews

The Wild Banana
Playwright: Heath Hyun Houghton
Actor: Madeleine Tran

The Grape
Choreographer: Amy Leona Havin
​Performer: Claire Aldridge

The Quince
Playwright: Josie Seid
Performers: Madeline Ross, Joellen Sweeney & Max Tapogna

Creative Team

Director & Set Designer: Samantha Van Der Merwe
Assistant Director: Annabel Cantor
Stage Manager: Emily Hogan
Assistant Stage Manager: Hayley Lamsma
Dramaturg: Pancho Savery
Music Director: Joellen Sweeney
Lighting Designers: Griffin Kiyoshi DeWitt
Sound Designer: Matt Wiens 
Costume Designer: Paige A. Hanna
Technical Director and Design Collaborator: Ree Seminole 
Scenic Charge Artist & Design Collaborator: Alex Meyer
Master Electrician: Spencer Fork
​Box Office Manager: Kai Hynes
Box Office Associates: Orlando Reyes Cabrera & Maria DeHart

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Forbidden Fruit is generously supported by our major donors; Ronni Lacroute, Jessie Jonas, Anonymous, Ellyn Bye, and the Rose and David Dortort Foundation. 
We'd also like to thank the foundations listed below, members of Shaking the Tree's Board, as well as many other individual supporters. To support this show, or any others in our season, please visit our SUPPORT page.