The Language of this World

When Charlotte, Leigh, and Jay Ashton return over Christmas to scatter their mother's ashes and pack up their childhood home, pesky bugs, old grudges, and long-buried family secrets threaten to overwhelm them. Can they band together or will their separate memories of the past tear them apart?

Cast: 
CHARLOTTE ARIADNE ASHTON: early 30s. Any ethnicity*. Leigh and Jay’s older sister and Blaine’s girlfriend. A circus arts performer and teacher who studies the art of flight. LEIGH CALLIOPE ASHTON: early 20s. Any ethnicity*. Jay’s twin. A visual artist. JAY EDYMION ASHTON: early 20s. Leigh’s twin. Any ethnicity*. The peace-maker of the family. BLAINE: Early-mid thirties, any ethnicity. Charlotte’s boyfriend and anchor. A carpenter. NEA: early-mid twenties, any ethnicity. Leigh’s girlfriend. A beginner yoga teacher. JOHN: mid-late fifties, any ethnicity. Natalie Ashton’s former boyfriend. An exterminator.
Authors: 
Caitlin Coey