Of Ashes And Souls
2026, New York
Nine bodies. One haunted house. No way out.
At the stroke of midnight on the Chinese Ghost Festival, nine self-media influencers step into the infamous haunted house on Dongshan Island, hoping to exploit its bloody past for views. But when the clock strikes twelve, the signal and all connections die. Cut off from the outside world, they realize something is terribly wrong—gas begins to leak, tapes rewind on their own, bodies collapse in the dark… and their memory resets.
Back to one hour ago.
A calendar forever frozen on that cursed day. A sunken boat. A dripping bathroom. A cabinet creaking open on its own. A hidden, broken Buddha statue. A missing gun.
The spirits are waking up. The restless souls are coming home. And every whisper, every flickering shadow, every phantom touch is telling them one thing—
Someone never left. Someone has unfinished wills.
Trapped between the ruthless hunger for viral fame and the voice deep within, they have one last chance. The full moon is fading. Can they catch the echoes of the ashes and souls before they are gone?
Production Photos By Cloud Dong And Sirui Ray Qian.
A Shall See Theater Production
Of Ashes And Souls Is The Inaugural Production Of Shall See Theater. It Has Successfully Run Off-Broadway At The Sam At The Flea Theater From April 25 To 27, 2025.
Of Ashes And Souls Is Adapted From Unheard — Hungry Ghost Festival DLC, A Chapter From The Chinese Videogame Unheard - Voices Of Crime.
Adapted By Zijun (Neil) Wang & Zihe Tian
Director: Zijun (Neil) Wang
Dramaturg: Zihe Tian
Scenic Design: Junran (Charlotte) Shi
Costume Design: Yinxue Wang
Lighting Design: Zijun (Neil) Wang
Sound Design: Henry Shen
Projection Design: Sherry Wu
Production Stage Manager: Daisy Dai
Associate Director: Dejing Eloise Wang
Producer: Zihe Tian
Cast Members: Junhong (Andrew) Fei, John Jiang, Fiona Wang, QQ Xing, Kejun Zhou, Destiny Gong, Jingyi Luna Peng, Elaine Zhang, Peter Xiao.
For more information, visit Shall See Theater website at shallseetheater.org/oaas.