Ashley Wool

"Getting Married Today" from Company with the Irvington Clocktower Players. Amy's craziness starts around 1:00. Music & Lyrics by Stephen You Already Know Who It Is Sondheim. Featuring Ashley Wool (yours truly) as Amy, Cindy Finegan as Jenny, and Chris Oldi as Paul. Directed by George Croom at the Irvington Town Hall Theater in Irvington, NY. with: Jason Summers (Bobby), Stephanie Horowitz (Sarah), Neil Schleifer (Harry), Audrey Federici (Joanne), Larry Reina (Larry), Richard Damaso (David), Jenn Bedell (Susan), Peter Adamson (Peter), Samantha Kahn (April), Ruperta Nelson (Marta) and Jen Vadella (Kathy) www.ashleywool.com

Playing Alice in "The Trials of Alice in Wonderland" for Yorktown Stage's Theatre for Young Audiences series. Book by William J. Brooke, music by Eric Rockwell, lyrics by Joanne Bogart. Directed by August Abatecola with music direction by Ricky Romano. Featuring Sam Miley as the Cheshire Cat and Caitlyn Stellwagen as Tiny Alice.

Performing in Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller at the Irvington Town Hall Theater. Direction and musical direction by George Croom. Featuring: "I'm a Woman" (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller) "Love Me/Don't" medley (Leiber/Stoller) with Tilden Todd "Pearl's a Singer" (Leiber/Stoller/Ralph Dino/John Sembello)

"Sweet Charity" Book by Neil Simon Music by Cy Coleman Lyrics by Dorothy Fields Presented by the White Plains Performing Arts Center Featuring: Ashley Wool as Charity Chris Guzman as Marvin

Howard Ashman wrote these lyrics from a place of vulnerability at a time when the HIV/AIDS epidemic was devastating the nation and the LGBTQ community in particular, who suffered in silence and stigma for years and still do. I happened to discover this song in the summer of 2011, the same day that marriage equality was granted in New York, and around the same time that "undetectable = untransmittable" was becoming accepted as scientific fact. It was a poignant reminder that although we've come a long way in the fight against HIV/AIDS and we've come a long way in accepting and valuing the LGBTQ community, this song reminds us where we came from and what (and who) was sacrificed to get here. Special thanks to Sarah Ashman Gillespie, Lynn Fusco, and Steve Loftus (piano).