Written by Nigel Semaj

Director/Choreographer: Nigel Semaj 

Co Movement Direction: Gil Mitchell
Set Design: Nate Sinnott
Costume Design: Max Hromek
Lighting Design: Adam Mendelsohn
Sound Design: Jay Shovan 

Assistant Director: Sean Digiorgio 

Assistant Choreographer: Franchesca Parker

Fight Team: Nigel Semaj, Gil Mitchell, Enzo Leone & Lukas O’Boyle
Production Stage Manager: Grace Shepperd

Stage Manager: Malaak McDonald
Assistant Stage Manager: Jadyn Flemming

lost (a play within a play) by Lucas Sanchez 

Writing Room Writers: Wesley Mauder, M, Lucas Sanchez, Lukas OBoyle, Jadyn Flemming, and Marcus King

Featuring: Hassan Aziz, Michael Duffy, Sofia Hunter, Shomapti Hussain, Divine Iweha, Marcus King, Enzo Leone, Lukas O’Boyle, Annabelle Sharp, Mady Sims, Alissa Camille Suser, Gwyneth Watson, Wesley Mauder, and Jadyn Flemming 


in the darkest forest was conceived at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County as part of the 2024–2025 New Plays, New Ways season. Created and written by Nigel Semaj, the piece was developed in collaboration with UMBC’s Theatre Ensemble II course through devising and ensemble work.

On a camping trip, three friends discover the stories they are sharing might have some ghostly truths to them.