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?
The Language of this World
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.