ASHES & INK — 2023
Staged Reading at The Kraine Theater, NYC
Directed by Alice Jankell
Featuring: Kathryn Erbe, Julian Shatkin, John Krisiukenus, Tamara Flanagan, and Leo James Davis
Staged Reading at The Kraine Theater, NYC
Directed by Alice Jankell
Featuring: Kathryn Erbe, Julian Shatkin, John Krisiukenus, Tamara Flanagan, and Leo James Davis
Staged Reading at Marlene Meyerson Jewish Community Center, NYC
Directed by Scott Klavan
Nora’s Playhouse Production at The Sanctuary, Montgomery, AL
Directed by Caroline Reddick Lawson
West Tisbury Grange Hall, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
To further development process for I AM A SHIP
The Actors Studio, NYC
Directed by Allison Astor Vargas
Sag Harbor, NY
A maritime mash up of play reading, tales of 3 who went to sea, and a diagram or two.
Ten-minute Play Festival; Symphony Space, NYC
Directed by Veronica Dang
Red Caravan Production Co, NYC
Director by Allison Astor Vargas
Cherry Lane Theatre, NYC
THE RECIPE, monologue performed by Neil D'Astolfo as part of the ESPA Detention Series
Nora's Playhouse, NYC
Monologue for Molly, read by Orlagh Cassidy at the home of Kathleen Chalfant.
Primary Stages Studio, NYC
Directed by Martha Pichey with Megan Byrne, Quentin Mare, Emily Tuckman and Mollie Collison Wise.
All photos by Playwright Catherine Castellani
Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC
Directed by Topaz Adizes
With Kathryn Erbe as Molly; all other cast same as below.
The John Drew Theater Lab
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
Directed by Topaz Adizes, with Susan Stout, Montgomery Sutton, Denny Dale Bess, Evan Fine.
Stage directions by Isabel McWhorter Rosen.
All photos by Laurie Lambrecht
The Sag Harbor Express
by Annette Hinkle
For parents, the love of a child is absolute. But the issue of addiction has a way of testing familial bonds unlike any other, and when a child spends years struggling with addiction, over time even the most dedicated parent can find that love is conditional.
“Ashes and Ink,” Martha Pichey’s new play, explores just that by telling the tough love tale of a mother and son dealing with the ramifications of drug addiction. The action centers on Quinn, a young man who, after the sudden death of his father, has became addicted to crack cocaine, and Molly, the mother who is trying to save him. Read more...