Afterlife: A Ghost Story
Written by Stephen Yockey
Directed by Aaron Holbritter & Casey Polomaine
Starring Angelique Powell, Ian LaChance, Luke Gaudreau, David Quiñones, Sara Paupini, Rhiannon Antico
March 8th-17th, 2024 @ The Cohoes Music Hall
Thoughts on Afterlife: A Ghost Story
As soon as we read this script we knew it was one we had to produce. But it needed some very specific and elevated technical needs-a menacing Blackbird puppet, surround sound to immerse you in this world-so we shelved it until we were ready. In 2024, the stars aligned, the right people came aboard, and we knew: it’s time.
Click here to listen to Aaron, Casey, Angelique, & Ian on WAMC’s The Roundtable
Click here to read “Creative License’s ‘Afterlife: A Ghost Story’ takes you beyond” from Nippertown
Click here to read “Creative License’s Afterlife: A Ghost Story” review from Berkshire Onstage
Click here to read “'Ghost Story' Review: Strong performance weighed down by grief” from The Daily Gazette
Click here to read “‘Afterlife’ at Cohoes Music Hall a play about loss” from The Saratogian
A ghost story in the most literal sense, Afterlife follows married couple Connor and Danielle as they prepare their beachfront home for an impending storm. They do their best to come together and get the job done while packing up items stained by painful memories they don’t know how to talk about. But when the storm rolls in faster than expected and a great wave rises up to drag them under, it may be too late for the them to come to terms with their history and escape the haunting world of unsent letters, unexpected snow, unfinished sand castles, unrelenting birds, and unforgettable loss that threatens to swallow the pair forever.