LIFE AFTER FINDS ITS ALICE
For Immediate Release
Media Contact: John Karastamatis, Sue Toth, Erin Nantais
When we announced the 2024/25 Off-Mirvish lineup of shows, we were especially thrilled to have the return of the Dora Award-winning Best Musical LIFE AFTER on the roster. This celebrated and luminous musical is by Britta Johnson, one of Canada’s most acclaimed composers, lyricists and writers. After its sold-out premiere in Toronto, LIFE AFTER was produced at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre and Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. It returns home in a major new production by Tony and Olivier Award-winning producers, Yonge Street Theatricals.
Today, we are excited to announce LIFE AFTER’s new star. After an extensive casting search across the continent, Isabella Esler, the supremely talented new musical theatre actor who has already thrilled audiences across North America, has been chosen to star as Alice, the teenage daughter who sets out on a quest for the truth after the untimely death of her famous Father.
A Colombian-American performer from California, Isabella made her mark at only 18 years old, starring as Lydia Deetz in the first national tour of Beetlejuice. For nearly two years, she toured North America, receiving widespread recognition for her performance. Her Toronto debut in LIFE AFTER feels like the next big adventure. Instagram/TikTok: @Isabella.esler
LIFE AFTER begins performances April 16 through May 4, 2025 at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre.
Watch this performance of Poetry, one of the “stirring” (Chicago Tribune) and “exquisite” (Broadway World) songs from LIFE AFTER, performed by the show’s composer herself, Britta Johnson.
Tickets to LIFE AFTER will go on sale on November 9, 2024. Tickets are currently available through subscribing to the Off-Mirvish series.