Tony Nominee Ashley Park Joins New ABC Comedy Pilot From Jessica Gao

According to Deadline, actress Ashley Park has signed on to join new a new ABC comedy pilot as a series regular. As previously reported, the series comes from Emmy winning RICK AND MORTY writer Jessica Gao. In addition to Park, the pilot will also star Holly Chou, Cindy Cheung, Stephen Park, Kelly Hu, Helen Hong, Ki Hong Lee and John Gemberling.

The show is described as "Written by Gao, who is of Chinese descent, the untitled series is about Janet Zhao (Chou), a first generation Chinese-American woman who struggles to set healthy boundaries with her crazy, exhausting family. When her wealthy grandmother dies and names Janet the sole inheritor, she suddenly finds herself the unwilling new matriarch of THE FAMILY she's spent her life trying to keep at arm's length."

Ashley Park is a Tony and Grammy nominated actress who most recently originated and starred in MEAN GIRLS on Broadway as 'Gretchen Wieners' which garnered her Tony, Drama League, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Chita Rivera Award nominations in 2018. In this same season, she starred in the award-winning "KPOP" and was honored with the esteemed Lucille Lortel award for Lead Actress in a Musical, and second Drama League and Drama Desk nominations. Previous to this, Ashley made her Broadway debut in MAMMA MIA!; originated the national tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA in the role of stepsister 'Gabrielle'; starred as 'Tuptim' opposite Ken Watanabe and Kelli O'Hara in the Tony-Award-winning Broadway revival of THE KING AND I at Lincoln Center Theater. Ashley then appeared in Broadway's revival of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE starring Jake Gyllenhaal while filming the second season of "Nightcap" (Pop TV/ Lionsgate/ Dakota Pictures). She can be heard on the original Broadway cast recordings of MEAN GIRLS, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE revival, and THE KING AND I revival. She is the proud recipient of Actor Equity Association's 2018 Clarence Derwent Award and a graduate of the University of Michigan. She recently wrapped shooting on the first season of Netflix's highly anticipated TALES OF THE CITY being released in Summer 2019.

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