Living Creatures

by Ashley Rose Wellman

Two parents’ lives are ripped apart when their 10-year-old son Luke unexpectedly dies from an allergic reaction to shellfish, leaving them alone and overwhelmed by grief. As they try to navigate through the surreal world of their grief, Luke’s mother Julia accidentally stumbles into her son’s afterlife—a strange world called “The Other Place” that looks exactly like their home, only a little different and...

Two parents’ lives are ripped apart when their 10-year-old son Luke unexpectedly dies from an allergic reaction to shellfish, leaving them alone and overwhelmed by grief. As they try to navigate through the surreal world of their grief, Luke’s mother Julia accidentally stumbles into her son’s afterlife—a strange world called “The Other Place” that looks exactly like their home, only a little different and… stranger. She wants nothing more than to bridge the gap between the world of the living and the strange world of the dead, and will do anything to bring her young son back with her.

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Living Creatures

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  • Cheryl Bear: Living Creatures by Ashley Rose Wellman
    “

    A powerful play capturing the unbelievable and all consuming power transformed into an exploration of the space between life and death. What will we do for love?

    A powerful play capturing the unbelievable and all consuming power transformed into an exploration of the space between life and death. What will we do for love?

    ”
  • Jan Rosenberg: Living Creatures by Ashley Rose Wellman
    “

    A thought provoking, creepy play about grief, regret, and sacrifice. And consequences, OH BOY, the consequences...

    A thought provoking, creepy play about grief, regret, and sacrifice. And consequences, OH BOY, the consequences...

    ”
  • Kaeli Meno: Living Creatures by Ashley Rose Wellman
    “

    Living Creatures is a beautiful exploration about loss and the manifestation of grief. I think the greatest compliment I can pay play is that I read it several days ago and the end has haunted me ever since. It's a chilling and compassionate look at the toll this takes on a parent and the lengths you could go to get your child back. At it's core it's about love and how it can fuel and ruin you simultaneously.

    Living Creatures is a beautiful exploration about loss and the manifestation of grief. I think the greatest compliment I can pay play is that I read it several days ago and the end has haunted me ever since. It's a chilling and compassionate look at the toll this takes on a parent and the lengths you could go to get your child back. At it's core it's about love and how it can fuel and ruin you simultaneously.

    ”
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Development History

  • Reading, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, 2014
  • Workshop, University of Southern California, 2014