Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 10 minutes ago
A World Premiere at The 5th! A breathtaking story about the power of art to heal, Afterwords is a captivating new musical fusing pop, rock, and modern indie-folk to create a revelatory and soulful new score.
Playing April 29 - May 21, 2022 at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, WA. For tickets and more information, visit 5thavenue.org/shows/2021-2022/afterwords/.
Afterwords features music and lyrics by Zoe Sarnak, book by Emily Kaczmarek, and is directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt.
Notes scribbled on paper, the stroke of a paintbrush against a canvas, a growing melody played on the piano... Afterwords is the story of the art we make from the love that shapes us. Following the sudden loss of their mother, sisters Kali and Simone find themselves once again living in their childhood home together. When they decide to rent out the attic, into their lives walks Jo, a war reporter lost in her own grief. As the women share their stories they discover unexpected truths, helping each other pass through their struggles and a dazzling mosaic of intersecting lives reveals itself.
A recent podcast production in our Essential 5th Digital Collection, this musical will be brought to stunning and vivid life on stage.
A World Premiere at The 5th! A breathtaking story about the power of art to heal, Afterwords is a captivating new musical fusing pop, rock, and modern indie-folk to create a revelatory and soulful new score.
Playing April 29 - May 21, 2022 at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, WA. For tickets and more information, visit 5thavenue.org/shows/2021-2022/afterwords/.
Afterwords features music and lyrics by Zoe Sarnak, book by Emily Kaczmarek, and is directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt.
Notes scribbled on paper, the stroke of a paintbrush against a canvas, a growing melody played on the piano... Afterwords is the story of the art we make from the love that shapes us. Following the sudden loss of their mother, sisters Kali and Simone find themselves once again living in their childhood home together. When they decide to rent out the attic, into their lives walks Jo, a war reporter lost in her own grief. As the women share their stories they discover unexpected truths, helping each other pass through their struggles and a dazzling mosaic of intersecting lives reveals itself.
A recent podcast production in our Essential 5th Digital Collection, this musical will be brought to stunning and vivid life on stage.
