Forest Entsminger

Finally getting around to sharing some more moments from this beautiful show, grateful to have been a part of this. scenes from the first half of The Salvagers by Harrison David Rivers, directed by Mikael Burke 📸: @doaaouf Choreographer: Tislarm Bouie Assistant Director: Ayanna Bakari Scenic Designer: Forest Entsminger Lighting Designer: Nic Vincent Sound Designer: Stan Mathabane Costume Designer: Risa Ando Projection Designer: John Horzen Production Dramaturg: Eric M. Glover Stage Manager: Nakia Shalice Avila Technical Director: Luke Tarnow-Bulatowicz Scenic Charge: Ru-Jun Wang Properties Supervisor: Jennifer McClure Assistant Scenic Designer: Jessie Baldinger Cast: Mikayla LaShae Bartholomew, Taylor A. Blackman, McKenzie Chinn, Toni Martin, Julian Elijah Martinez

Time Passes (for Ellen Brody) The Goat Exchange at Target Margin’s The Doxsee Theater for Exponential Festival   Have had such a wonderful time working on this magical, mysterious world of sharks and time and airs. ​​​ Chloe Claudel (co-director, cast) Mitchell Polonsky (co-director, sound and media) Abigail Sage (lights) Lena Engelstein (choreography)​ Forest Entsminger (scenic) Zach Donovan (producer) Theresa Buchheister (PR) Olivia Vaughn Hern (costumes) Mateo Lincoln (accompanist/musical director) Nora Iammarino (baby shark puppet) Show photos by Abigail Sage

Act 1 Scene 7, Act 2 Marys Seacole By Jackie Sibblies Drury Directed by Leyla Levi @leylikka Scenic Design by Forest Entsminger Costume Design by Theo Dubois @dubious_fortune Lighting Design by Yichen Zhou @yichen.zhou.design Composer and Sound Design by Evdoxia Ragkou @manista Dramaturg: Faith-Marie Zamblé @fazamble Technical Director: Miguel Angel Lopez @miguel.angel.lopez.zamudio Assistant Technical Directors: Leo Surach @leo.surach and Steph Burke @lifeiswhatyoumakeit_workinonit Properties Manager: Eugenio Sáenz Flores @esaenzf Stage Manager: Alexus Jade Coney @couldntaffordalexus Production Electrician: Cian Freeman @lavender_hoe Associate Production Electrician: Nickie Dubick @nickiedubick Production Manager: Joe Chiang @joechiang.xyz Assistant Scenic Designer: Patrick Blanchard @patrickblanchard Cast: Whitney Andrews @whitneyjanell , Tyler Cruz @tylerrcruz , Giovanna Drummond @giodrumm , Karen Killeen @pixie94x , Abigail C. Onwunali @abbyy_onw ,Rebeca Robles @rebecalrobles @geffenyale @geffenyaledesign Photo by Charles Erickson, Kim Zhou, Suzu Sakai

I want to hold onto something beautiful and empty
by Hillary Gao at The Brick for Exponential Festival January 2026 It was a joy to work on this brilliant piece written and directed by Hillary Gao, such an incredible ensemble and team! ​ Hillary Gao (writer and director) Nikkie Samreth (performer) Isabel Ebeid (performer) Miranda Kang (performer) Sam Xu (performer) Ring Yang (performer) Emily Lawrence (producer) Leigh Honigman (consulting producer) Hannah Bird (costume designer) Forest Entsminger (set designer) Emma Hasselbach (sound designer) Miguel Lorenzo (composer) Connor Sale (lighting designer) Celine Abdallah (movement director) Eva Rubin (stage manager)  Show photos by Walter Wlodarczyc

A beautiful play, glad to have been a part of this! The Monkeypox Gospel by Ngofeen Mputubwele 
directed by and developed with Alex Hare Ars Nova ANT Fest June 2025 
set & props designer: Forest Entsminger
sound designers: Caroline Eng, Chaz McKinney and Ngofeen Mputubwele
rehearsal support: reid tang
produced by Alex Hare and Dom Stephens Featuring Ngofeen Mputubwele and Zachary Desmond with Joseph Osmundson, Owino Sang’iewa, Geoffrey Giller, Carlos Maza, Mwanzaa Brown, Luke Malone, Jenna Pinchbeck, Alex Hare, Alex Goodsir, Addy Marsh, Thomas Cote, and Jad Abumrad 📷 by Geve Penaflor

Grateful for the opportunity to have worked on this beautiful and intricate piece, I learned so much about opera, puppetry, and shadows. A lot of gratitude to the many brilliant artists and production staff on this team. Heartbeat Opera - May 2025 TEAM Director // Sara Holdren
Music Director // Jacob Ashworth
Co-Scenic Designers // 
Yichen Zhou & Forest Entsminger
Costume Designer // Elivia Bovenzi Blitz
Lighting Designer // Yichen Zhou
Puppetry Designer // Nick Lehane
Props Designer // Corinne Gologursky
Production Stage Manager // Abril Valbuena
Fight Director // Rick Sordelet
Producer // Jesse Tendler
Production Management // Daria Walcott
Technical Director // Lauren Parrish
Sound Designer // Kodi Lynn Milburn
Associate Director // Nico Krell
Associate Producer // Jasmine Galante
Assistant Stage Manager // Brenna Comeau
Asst Music Director/Orch Manager // Jake Eisner
Assistant Producer // Kodi Lynn Milburn
Lighting Programmer // Zaid Dawsari
Production Electrician // Jacqueline Scaletta
Copyist & Additional Orchestration // Harry Collins
Supertitles Translator // Samuel Ashworth 
Supertitles Operator // Nicholas Betson
Wardrobe Supervisor // Linnea Soderberg
Repetiteurs // Ari Livne & Po-Wei Ger CAST Faust // Orson Van Gay II
Marguerite // Rachel Kobernick
Mephistopheles // John Taylor Ward
Siebel // AddieRose Brown
Valentin // Alex DeSocio
Martha // Eliza Bonet
Wagner // Brandon Bell
Puppeteer // Rowan Magee
Puppeteer // Emma Wiseman BAND Conductor & Violin/Mandolin // Jacob Ashworth
Flutes // Yoshi Weinberg
Clarinets/Saxophones // Louis Arques
Trumpet // Clyde Daley
Harmonium // Artis Wodehouse
Piano // Ari Livne
Cello // Thapelo Masita 
Bass/Electric Bass // Eleonore Oppenheim - - Photos by Russ Rowland (except 3, 4)

Not much time left. Catch TIME PASSES, OR, MY HUSBAND TELLS ME YOU’RE IN SHARKS tomorrow @4pm @maboumines @revenuenyc link in bio ⏱️🦈

A privilege to work on this bold, incisive, grotesque, and hilarious piece by @Leah.annia in May, and with such an incredible team!! Big thanks to associate set designer @jonschatzberg ! Cankersore Paradise By Leah Plante-Weiner Directed by Benjamin Viertel at Columbia Lenfest Center for the Arts May 2025 Honey’s got mouthsores. Beau’s got bourbon. A love story. Honey: Rachel Moe Beau: Atticus Shaindlin Playwright: Leah Plante-Wiener Producer: Isa Nicdao Director: Benjamin Viertel Assistant Director: Laia Comas Costume Designer: Kyle Artone Lighting Designer: Nick Pollock Sound Designer: Max Van Dramaturgy: Tess Walsh, Laia Comas Scenic Designer: Forest Entsminger Props & Associate Scenic Designer: Jonathan Schatzberg Photos by @aj.peg !

An excellent double bill of mad and eerie Caryl Churchill (plus ladybugs) created by the brilliant @thegoatexchange , at Torn Page in April! Very glad I got to work on this with them and also this incredible cast. Amazing photos and lighting design by @abbie.sage ESCAPED ALONE [NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN] A double bill created by The Goat Exchange From works by Caryl Churchill Directed by Chloe Claudel and Mitchell Polonsky Performed by Jess Barbagallo, Paul Lazar, and Chloe Claudel. Lighting design by Abbie Sage Scenic Design by Forest Entsminger Choreography by Chloe Claudel Sound and video by Mitchell Polonsky ESCAPED ALONE [not not not not not not enough oxygen] is a double bill inspired by Caryl Churchill’s unnerving imaginings of the post-apocalypse.

This show was such a joy to be a part of, everyone involved was so generous and kind. A fascinating exploration about the vehicle of imagination, early internet culture, and contemporary digital isolation, featuring my own childhood gameboy color. 
u are the dream
by Allyson Dwyer
at @bricktheater for @exponentialfestival 
January 2025 Photo Credit: Walter Wlodarczyk @wlodarczyk a two-hander internet triptych – a love story between the internet and homo sapiens <3 Didi and Dada are two early humans excited for the future, unaware of the progress and technology that is to come long after they stare at the moon. 30,000 years later, Fuu and Goten meet in an AOL chatroom on the cusp of adulthood. How did it once feel to dream behind our eyes and wait at the screen, anticipating a response? Will we ever do this again? Featuring
Catt Filippov & Ben Holbrook
Written & directed by Allyson Dwyer
Prop & costume design by Hannah Birch-Carl
Scenic design by Forest Entsminger
Illusion design by Reuven Glezer
Stage managed by Rishita Chowdary
Sound design by Alyse Lamb
Lighting design by Christina F. Tang
Produced by Mind Dream Theater & Most Unwanted Productions

A really beautiful play, grateful to have been a part of this production. January 2025 PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE INDIANS written by Joseph A. Dandurand directed by Opalanietet Presented by Eagle Project & North American Indigenous Center of New York Featuring: Donna Couteau
Joe Cross
Matt C. Cross
Kimberly JaJuan
Wolfen de Kastro
John Scott Richardson
Abby Ybarra Production Team: Set Designer- Forest Entsminger Lighting Designer- De Carolis Costume Designer- Iakowi:he’ne’ Oakes Sound Designer- Eden Segbefia Projections Designer- Sage Addington Production Stage Manager- Cambria Kylinn Martin Executive Producers- Iakowi:he’ne’ Oakes and Opalanietet Pierce

So glad I got to be a part of this excellent madness in January MEOW! created by 
Matthew Antoci & Meaghan Robichaud January 2025 at @loadingdocktheatre for @exponentialfestival - A noir cabaret, an Americana burlesque, a fading starlet’s last chance at the spotlight: Matthew & Meaghan’s MEOW! revisits the documentary classic Grey Gardens through the eyes of Little Edie’s mysterious city life of the 80s. Hosted by a pair of shape-shifting oracles in 50-inch wigs - lip syncs, looks, and lots of razzmatazz create a send-off for America as we know it. Created & Performed by Matthew Antoci & Meaghan Robichaud Developed with Gabriella Gonzalez Guest performances by Gabriella Gonzalez & Suz Murray Sadler Produced by Small Boat Productions Associate Producer: Leigh Honigman PSM: Rooke Lewis Lighting Design by Connor Sale Assistant Lighting Design by Em Stripling Set Design by Forest Entsminger Sound Design by Emma Hasselbach Video Design by Suz Murray Sadler Costume & Prop Design by Hannah Bird Graphic Design by June Buck Promotional Photography by Isabel Ebeid   Special Thanks: Small Boat Productions, The Bechdel Project, Undiscovered Countries, Forge NYC