The Res­ur­rec­tion of Alice

by Perri Gaffney

Our Black His­tory Production

Ac­tress Perri Gaffney per­forms dozens of char­ac­ters in her one-​​woman show, “The Res­ur­rec­tion of Alice”.

Take a jour­ney with Al­ice, a young girl in rural 1939 South Car­olina whose par­ents promise her to the family’s wealthy bene­fac­tor while she’s still just a child. This mov­ing, ex­cit­ing, en­er­getic, and in­sight­ful piece is based on a true story, and it ex­plores the dif­fi­cul­ties of race and pre-​​arranged mar­riages, and the ul­ti­mate sur­vival of spirit. There are dozens of char­ac­ters in the story, all brought to life by the actress.

Perri Gaffney has per­formed the piece across the coun­try, but this is the first pro­duc­tion in New York.

The high-​​spirited Gaffney has ap­peared in re­gional the­aters across the coun­try, in­clud­ing the world-​​renowned Ore­gon Shake­speare Fes­ti­val and as Mrs. Dick­son in the pre­mière of Lynn Nottage’s “In­ti­mate Ap­parel” at the Ac­tors The­atre, Louisville. She played Nurse Bent­ley on the pop­u­lar soap opera “As The World Turns,” and has also ap­peared in episodes of “Law & Or­der” and “Law & Or­der: Spe­cial Vic­tims Unit.” Perri has has sev­eral film cred­its as well.

A new au­dio­book of her orig­i­nal work is also avail­able as an au­dio DVD for your home com­puter or car MP3 player. It is avail­able at the the­ater and through the Perri Tales web­site. (click here)

Re­main­ing per­for­mances include:

• Sat­ur­day, March 20 at 7:30 PM
• Sun­day, March 21 at 2:30 PM (with French subtitles)
• Sun­day, March 21 at 7 PM (a signed per­for­mance for the deaf)