INTERVIEW
Forbes Interview
-“My dream is that when our name is said you think about the last great show you saw. And it was here.”
From Hamilton to Hadestown to Rent, many great productions began at small theater venues off and off off Broadway. A pre-pandemic study of small theaters from The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment found that these New York City venues have generated $584 million in economic output annually and created more than 8,400 full-time jobs resulting in $512 million in wages. And over 90% of those theaters are non-profits…
FILM
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
AWARD-WINNING INDIE FEATURE: HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION by Kenneth R. Frank
"Perry's portrayal is strong capturing the emotional weight..." - Max Davallo, Film Threat
"Christina Elise Perry is exceptional" - Richard Propes, The Independent Critic
"(Perry) delivers a compelling performance, capturing the strain of balancing her time between her children's needs and the demands of her aging parent." - Aaron Ford, Take 2 Indie Review
OFF-OFF BROADWAY
HUMPTY DUMPTY
Eric Bogosian's HUMPTY DUMPTY Is a Prescient Play That Offers Catharsis to Its Audience (Review 5*)
“The acting in Humpty Dumpty is excellent...savagely portrayed by their respective actors Christina Elise Perry.. we still believe every minute of their characters. -Lavender After Dark, Jed Rya (HUMPTY DUMPTY by Eric Bogosian)
SIMPATICO
"As Rosie, CHRISTINA ELISE PERRY is electric." - Hi!Drama, Jan Ewing (SIMPATICO by Sam Shepard)
THIS G*D DAMN HOUSE
"Formidable Christina Elise Perry as Ally... captivating and compelling performance." - Darryl Rielly, Theatrescene.org
CHASING THE RIVER
Christina Elise Perry fully embodies the role of Kat, as both an adult and an adolescent, manifesting all of her conflicting thoughts, muddled motivations, misplaced trust, and deep-seated pain, wanting to begin anew but tormented by flashbacks, attempting to make peace with her family and friends but bristling or exploding when they offer the same old implausible excuses – “I wasn’t sure,” “I didn’t know,” “Nobody knew,” “You were a good liar.” Her harrowing journey sends the message loud and clear: If you see something, do something; if you suspect something, say something."
-Deb Miller, DC Metro Theater Arts
"The strength of the character of Kat as well as her vulnerability and harsh self-judgment is depicted with great accuracy and sensitivity by the very talented Christina Elise Perry."
- TheatrePizazz
"Christina Elise Perry, who combines striking looks with a spiky, dismissive manner that strongly hints at a host of darker, more troubling emotions. The actress has a kind of stillness that grounds the roiling action, making it easy to care about what happens to Kat."
- LightingandSoundAmerica
"Perry is particularly powerful, communicating so much with just Kat's body language: her closed-off wariness, for instance, is expressed in how much time she spends with her hands jammed in her hoodie pockets or pulling its sleeves down over her hands, or how she zips back into it like armor after one particular disappointment." - CultureCatch
WAIT UNTIL DARK
“Christina Elise Perry’s well blended combination of vulnerability, stubbornness and intelligence help add to the drama’s suspense…” – A View From A Cliff
“As blind Susan Hendrix, played by a radiant Christina Elise Perry… captures this once strong and sighted woman who now feels helpless.” – Times Ledger
“Christina Elise Perry delivers. From the minute the play opens, you get the sense that this young woman is blind and vulnerable in unimaginable ways. There is no doubt that she is about to go on a journey that will test her and perhaps scar her forever. Perry is talented and focused and real in the part.” – LocalTheatreNY