Afterlife: A Ghost Story

by Steve Yockey

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

Genres: Plays, Drama, Theatre

78 pages, Paperback

First published February 6, 2013

Reviews

[Justin Tate · Rating 4 out of 5]

A masterful first act full of intrigue, immersive world-building and lush metaphors. The second half personifies the metaphors to great delight, and, admittedly, some confusion. Would have appreciated a more crisp finale, but the ending image is haunting and hard to shake. As always, Yockey knows how to hook and never let go.

[Taylor Hudson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not sure I was ready to read two "dead kid" plays in a row - I just finished Rabbit Hole - Luckily this play is very different from Rabbit Hole. Steve Yockey is always so fun to read and the elements of fantasy, symbolism, and post modernism injected into this "dead kid play" definitely rub me the right way. This script offers a great challenge and opportunity for really beautiful tech elements.

[Avery · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven’t read this play in over a decade, and while I have a complicated history with it….she still slaps. Younger me was on to something, that’s for sure.

[Jake Van Hoorn · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars I preferred the second act to the first

[Cassie · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a very overwhelming experience, reading "Afterlife"--and I mean that in the best way possible. Yockey presents the ocean both as an ancient elemental and natural god of sorts. Danielle and Connor are heartbreaking parents who are torn from their child. In their grief, they return to their beach home and a resulting hurricane causes them to seperate from each other. As they struggle to make peace, they interact with the ocean in all its base forms.

The best I've read from Yockey yet.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Water and the ocean as a personality seems to play heavily in most of Steve Yockey's work. This is his best depiction so far. The imagery is obvious without being cheesy. It helps the reader/viewer get past wondering what he's trying to say and gets to the core of the work.