Title: The High Priestess of Dark Alley TRAILER
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Uploaded by priestessofdarkalley on May 5, 2009
Website: www.thehighpriestessofdarkalley.com
The High Priestess of Dark Alley is a new play by Jackie Alexander (www.jackiealexanderproductions.com). The piece had its World Premiere in February 2009 at the famed Billie Holiday Theatre (www.thebillieholiday.org), and will be featured at the 2009 National Black Theatre Festival (www.nbtf.org). Set in present-day New Orleans, THE HIGH PRIESTESS OF DARK ALLEY is the story of three Creole women, Celeste Thibodaux and her two grown daughters, Claire LeCesne and Janee Charbonet. Trapped by the conventions of intra-racial divisions within the African-American community, the sisters are pitted against their mother regarding issues of color, class, sexuality and generational differences.
Synopsis: Separated and waging a battle with time that has scarred her soul, Claire Charbonet had long turned her back on love. But on her thirtieth birthday, and with the encouragement and support of her sister and sole confidant, Janee, she reluctantly opens her heart to the possibility. Enter the girls mother, Celeste, referred to by those who know her best as The High Priestess of Dark Alley; a moniker garnered due to her disdain for any in the African American community not of Creole descent. Arriving unannounced at her daughters home with plans to repair Claires marriage, Celeste is appalled by her daughters new choice for a relationship. Iron-fisted as always, Celeste unapologetically sets out to show Claire the error of her ways. Janee, always the rebel, comes to the defense of her sister; laying much of the blame for Claires troubles in life firmly at Celestes doorstep. As layers are stripped away from the three women, we discover each to be shackled in their own way by societal mores. But when an outsider attempts to sever the blood bond they share, the three women rally around each other; their love lighting a path to redemption for all.
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Very entertaing play. This video vividly illustrates key scenes in "The High Priestess of Dark Alley". Very professionally done,,,,not a single disappointment. Thank you Billie Holiday Theatre in Brooklyn for bringing back this work. Ruby Dee....what a Blessing she is and continue to be , a blessing, to the industry of the performing arts.
rsb1311 2 years ago