Southern Rep Presents AFTERLIFE: A GHOST STORY, 10/23-11/7

YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S LISTENING, warns playwright Steve Yockey... Southern Rep continues its 24th Season with the thrilling World Premiere of AFTERLIFE: A GHOST STORY by Steve Yockey. A ghost story in the most literal sense, AFTERLIFE follows a grieving couple as they prepare their beachfront home for an impending storm. What ensues is a frighteningly haunting tale - not for the faint of heart. This production will make you jump in your seat with its unexpected twists and turns!
 
Aimée Hayes zealously championed afterlife: a ghost story from early on, providing remarkable insight and committing time & resources to development. So this production is the culmination of a truly inspiring collaboration and I'm honored to have the initial leg of this National New Play Network rolling world premiere at Southern Rep.
- Steve Yockey, Playwright
 
The local all-star cast features Lucy Faust, Michael Aaron Santos, John Neisler, Troi Bechet, Lisa Picone and Andrew Farrier.  Lucy Faust debuted on the Southern Rep stage this fall in In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) as the breathtaking Mrs. Daldry. Michael Aaron Santos also recently trod the boards at Southern Rep last spring in The Piano Teacher and was a 2009 Big Easy Award winner.  The cast includes local favorites, including the phenomenal Troi Bechet (most recently from Swimming Upstream) and 2009 Big Easy Award winner Lisa Picone, as well as John Neisler (last seen at Southern Rep in OPUS) and Andrew Farrier (recently in THE WOMAN OF CHAILLOT and SICK at Southern Rep).
 
The play is truly scary. It's a thriller! - Aimée Hayes, Artistic Director
 
Afterlife: a ghost story is the first of three productions that will make up the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere (like previous Southern Rep productions of FOR BETTER, SICK and SHOTGUN).  This NNPN Rolling World Premiere will continue with productions at New Repertory Theatre in Boston and Edgemar Performing Arts Center in Santa Monica, California.
First Preview: Thursday, October 21st, Opening Night: Saturday, October 23rd, Runs through November 7th. Thursday-Saturday performances are at 8pm; Sundays at 3pm. Tickets for previews are just $20, with regular prices of Thursdays and Sundays at $29, and Fridays and Saturdays at $35. Southern Rep also has Student Rush tickets available for $10 at the door, 15 minutes in advance of each performance. Southern Rep is pleased to offer FAMILY DAY on November 7th. Parents can enjoy the show while children ages 5-13 play and learn with our experienced theatre arts educator. Spots are limited so reserve now! Only $10 per child!

What's the Opening Night Experience? Give your night out an upgrade!   Join us for our not-to-be-missed gala receptions with plentiful food and drink on hand, the chance to mingle with the artists, enjoy live music and get great deals on prix-fixe dinner options. Tickets for Opening Night are available for $85.

For more information, or to reserve your tickets, please call 504-522-6545 or go online to www.SouthernRep.com.

The National New Play Network is an alliance of leading nonprofit theaters that champion the development, production and continued life of new plays. NNPN strives to pioneer, implement and disseminate ideas and programs that revolutionize the way theaters collaborate to support new plays and playwrights.

Steve Yockey is a roaming member of Out of Hand Theater. His projects with the company include HELP! and CARTOON. In 2008, Actor's Express Theatre in Atlanta, GA presented the world premiere of OCTOPUS followed by an extended run in San Francisco, co-produced by Encore Theatre Company and Magic Theatre. He has been a regular fixture at Dad's Garage Theatre Company including the short play cycle SLEEPY, a work written to inaugurate the Top Shelf Second Stage series, and the series adults-only Skin- both commissioned & directed by Kate Warner. Dad's Garage and Berkeley's Impact Theatre produced the co-world premiere the new play LARGE ANIMAL GAMES in 2009. Steve just completed an NNPN playwriting residency at Marin Theatre Company in the San Francisco Bay Area and currently lives/works in Los Angeles, CA.

Southern Rep continues its 24th season as the region's premiere professional theatre, producing bold world and regional premieres under the leadership of Artistic Director Aimée Hayes and Managing Director, Marieke Gaboury. In addition to an exciting Mainstage season that takes us on a journey from the dining room table to a 19th Century doctor's examining table to a magical realm inhabited by mythical creatures,  Southern Rep at Le Chat Noir offers a Second Stage season of eclectic, smart, silly and audacious theatrical fare. Southern Rep continues to offer educational programs such as free student matinees, $10 student rush tickets and Academy SRT; as well as providing an artistic home to new works in development in the annual New Play Bacchanal.

Southern Rep launched a new play award for women of color playwrights, The Ruby Prize, names in honor of civil rights advocate Ruby Bridges.