A World Premiere at The 5th! A breathtaking exploration of the power of art to heal, Afterwords is a captivating new musical that fuses pop, rock, and modern indie-folk to tell the story of three young women coping with loss.

Music and Lyrics by Zoe Sarnak
Book by Emily Kaczmarek
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. Reeling from the sudden loss of their mother, sisters Kali and Simone are once again roommates in their childhood home. Burdened with mounting bills, they decide to rent out the attic, and into their lives walks Jo, a war reporter lost in her own grief. As the women share their stories and stumble toward "feeling alive" again, a dazzling mosaic of intersecting lives reveals itself.