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Oliver Hailey
After Ashley
by Gina Gionfriddo
Off-Broadway
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Awards & Recognition
Lucille Lortel Award Obie Award Outer Critics Circle
Winner! 2005 Obie Award for Performance Nominee: 2005 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play Nominee: 2005 Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award
Synopsis
Cast: 4 men, 2 women.
AFTER ASHLEY is a blisteringly funny and deeply affecting story about a teenage boy navigating the joys and terrors of life—all through the distorting prism of a media firestorm.
When a family tragedy deals the Hammond family a dose of dubious celebrity, Justin finds himself paralyzed, unable to fully grieve or grow up.
The only bright spot is a girl, only Justin can't decide if she's a saving angel or a self-interested groupie.
In a world as weird as this one, she might just be both.
Press Reviews
"Sick, ugly, and brilliantly funny…and wise. In Gionfriddo’s plays, as in all great plays, no one is wrong, everyone is right.“ – Brooklyn Rail”Write down the name Gina Gionfriddo. Deft characterization, caustic humor, and well-deployed nips at the American slack moral conscience make After Ashley, Ms. Gionfriddo’s acidic puree of modern culture at The Vineyard, one of the necessary shows to see this year…a play for the decade."
— New York Sun
"Shrewd, dark comedy…absorbing and wholly unpredictable…After Ashley is a work that virtually any audience would find accessible.” – The New York Times”Smart, satirical drama…the play’s razor-sharp observations, biting humor, droll dialogue and erudite pop-culture literacy provide much to appreciate and enjoy.“ – Variety”A play that makes you ravenous for more…captivatingly assured, the work of a writer with a keen ear for the language of pop culture and a lacerating ability to convey the emotions roiling underneath words…"
— The Miami Herald
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Ashley Hammond 35 |
| Alden Hammond 38 |
| David Gavin 50s |
| Julie Bell 19 |
| Roderick Lord 30–35 |
| Justin Hammond 17 |
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 2006
Binding Paperback
Pages 76
Place New York, NY
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822220992
ISBN-10 0822220997
After Ashley is a American comedy play written by Gina Gionfriddo and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York, NY (2006).
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Fee: Minimum Fee: $110 per performance
Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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