THE STORY: 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.
"Shrewd, dark comedy
absorbing and wholly unpredictable
AFTER ASHLEY is a work that virtually any audience would find accessible." - NY Times. "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." - NY Sun. "
[a] 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 con-vey the emotions roiling underneath words
" - The Miami Herald. "
everything works
compelling drama about loss, grief and morality in the media spotlight is richly embroidered with comedy." - Sun-Sentinel.
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Dramatists Play Service Inc. |
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Softcover |
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9780822220992 |
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