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Lucy

By: Erica Schmidt
Narrated by: Brooke Bloom, Lynn Collins, Charlotte Surak
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Ashling is every busy parent’s dream: a professional nanny with experience and a warm, sunny attitude. But from the moment Mary hires her to look after her young children, things start to feel just a little...off. Are Mary’s stressful work schedule and lack of sleep playing games with her own sanity, or has she welcomed an unstable troublemaker into her home?

A harrowing and hilarious psychological thriller whose sense of disquiet builds with each passing scene, Erica Schmidt’s Lucy is sure to disturb and delight parents and non-parents alike. After all, if you can’t even be sure what’s happening in your home when you’re away, what can you be sure of?

©2023 Erica Schmidt (P)2023 AO Media LLC
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About the Creator

Erica Schmidt (Director) Writer/director: Lucy (Audible, Minetta Lane); All the Fine Boys (The New Group). Adapted/directed: Cyrano with The National (The Goodspeed, The New Group); Mac Beth (Seattle Rep, Red Bull, HTP) Drama Desk nominations: Outstanding Direction, Revival; Lortel nomination Outstanding Revival. Debbie Does Dallas (Araca Group). Director: Orpheus Descending (TFANA); King Richard II (Old Globe); A Month In The Country (Classic Stage Company); Humor Abuse (co-writer/director, Lucille Lortel Award, MTC, Taper); Rent (Tokyo); Trust (The Play Company, Callaway Award nomination); As You Like It (The Public Theater); Princess Grace Award 2001. As screenwriter, BAFTA nomination for Cyrano (Working Title/MGM)

About the Performer

Television: FX'S Atlanta, FX's Kindred, Amazon's Homecoming, USA's The Sinner, HBO's Gypsy, and Amazon's Alpha House. Feature Film: The Surrogate (SXSW), Minyan (Berlin Film Festival), She's Lost Control (2 Indie Spirit Award nominations), Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, and White Noise. NY stage: Clare Barron's You Got Older (Obie Award Win for Best Actress & Best Actress Drama Desk nomination), Atlantic Theater Company's Cloud Nine, David Greenspan's I'm Looking for Helen Twelvetrees, and Signature Theatre's Everybody. Brooke resides in NYC and is repped by Talentworks and Circle of Confusion.

About the Performer

Lynn Collins graduated from Juilliard and shortly thereafter got her first big break when she was cast as Portia in The Merchant of Venice opposite Al Pacino and Joseph Fiennes. Other major film roles followed, including The Lake House opposite Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, The Number 23 for Joel Schumacher opposite Jim Carey, the Alan Ball film Towelhead, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, in which she played “Silver Fox” opposite Hugh Jackman, and the female lead in John Carter for Disney Studios, to name a few. On the TV side, Lynn recently wrapped a pivotal role in the last season of The Walking Dead opposite Norman Reedus. Prior to that, she recurred on the Amazon series Bosch and starred in The Mission for ABC. Other standout TV appearances include ]HBO’s True Blood as Dawn Green and the miniseries Manhunt: Unabomber, opposite Sam Worthington, Paul Bettany, and Keisha Castle Hughes. Lynn began her career on stage, where she played Ophelia opposite Liev Schrieber in Hamlet at The Public Theatre in New York and was Juliet in Sir Peter Hall’s Romeo and Juliet at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. She starred in Erica Schmidt’s play Lucy at The Minetta Lane Theatre in New York.

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Kept My Attention

This short piece kept my rapt attention all the way through. I felt for the poor overworked Mom who couldn’t see from the get go what was so obviously clear to the rest of us: this woman for hire was a total nut job! I was disappointed in the end, however, which I thought was a little unclear.

Overall a good listen, though, worth the price ($0.00) and the time investment (under 2 hours). Give it a try! ☺️

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What did I just listen to?

The voiceovers were ok but that’s the only positive thing I have to say about this story. It seems like the author got tired of writing and then abruptly stopped. It wasn’t even a cliffhanger. It just ended. The story line seemed half thought out and poorly executed. I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone else and I’m mad that I spent $5 on it.

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unpleasant characters & confusing ending

Both leads were made to seem neutlrotic, but not really developed & the ending was left lacking. Why did the child think the woman was a witch with no eyes? The actors were great, but I think the writing needs more

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What exactly WAS this???

This was just a bunch of yelling and screaming and crying and nonsense. Don't waste your time.

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Left me confused

I’m not sure what to say about this, but I’m glad it was free????? SMH

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Felt like a waste of time

Listening to this felt like a waste of time. I kept waiting for the characters to develop more, or for the story to develop. Neither happened. Confusing ending.

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Huh?

The performance was amazing, the story had me interested, but it just…ended. Totally confused on character motivation for Ashleigh. I hope there’s a sequel to this story.

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No climax here

Even the title is misleading, don't even know what to say, I noticed hints of witchcraft and ended up being an employer -employee dispute.

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Disappointing story

First of all, the actors were terrific. Their work was excellent and captivating in of itself. But the story was really disappointing and to my mind, odd and frustrating. It could have been so much more. It didn’t really climax, just petered out to an unsatisfactory ending.

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I enjoyed it enough

It was a very weird little story, but enjoyable enough and kept my attention. The characters could be a bit annoying, but no so terrible that I couldn’t finish it.

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