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Updated 10/28/2016

PERRY ALLEY THEATRE

  • N

    NH

Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

Andrew and Bonnie Periale (Perry Alley Theatre) have been bringing exciting, imaginative theater to audiences for thirty years. Their original retelling of such favorites as Tom Thumb, Snow White, and The Princess and the Pea using puppets, masks and music have made them an audience favorite throughout the USA.

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Andrew Periale
Job Title: Director
Phone: 603-664-2991
Fax: 603-664-2991
Address:
56 Woodland Drive
Strafford, NH 03884

Additional Content:

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1986

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1986

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Theater - Puppet

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts Criticism / Journalism
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Residency - In School
  • Writing Services
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 32

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Families
  • General Public
  • School Groups

Geographic Reach:

  • National

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

We are accustomed to wearing transmitters for the hearing impaired, or having our shows interpreted for the deaf.

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Puppet Showplace Theater

Performance Facility

Date: 10/2016

Performed our "Puss in Boots" 6 times in 3 days--Oct. 8, 9 and 10 at the Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, MA.

Puppeteers of America

Date: 09/2016

Performed "Mano-a-Monolog" at the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Festival of the Puppeteers of America, Kerhonksen, NY, September 9-11, 2016. I also taught a 2-day workshop on "water puppetry," and was commissioned to create a new, short performance. It was called "They're Coming," and was presented on the opening night of the festival.

Opera Hub

Date: 06/2016

Perry Alley Theater was a creative partiner in an OperaHub production or the Spanish language opera production of "El Gato con Botas" (Puss in Boots) along with Puppet Showplace artistic director Roxanne Myhrum and the Boston Conservatory opera program. Perry Alley's Andrew Periale designed and built the sets for this production, which will be re-used in the Boston Conservatories production of the opera in the Spring of 2016. Andrew was also a puppetry consultant on the project.

Bart McCarthy

Date: 06/2016

Having worked with Bart McCarthy at BAG (Boston Arts Group) when he was Artistic Director there in the 1980s, Bart presented me in a salon performance of "Mano-a-Monolog" in LA, where he is now living and working as a film and television actor, June 18, 2016.

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Union International de la Marionnette (USA)
  • Puppeteers of America

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Union International de la Marionnette (USA)
  • Puppeteers of America

Awards

Awards:

  • Emmy (nomination)
  • Jim henson Fellowship Grant (3)
  • UNIMA Citation for Excellence in the Art of Puppetry (3)
  • The George W. Latshaw Award (writing/Editing)
  • The Paul Vincent Davis Award (artistry/mentorship)
  • Spotlight Award (Best Director, 2012)
  • The Parent's Choice Award (designers, The Velcro Puppet Playhouse)

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age

Subject Areas:

  • Theater

Certifications and Training:

  • BA Theater

Fee range:

$250 - $450

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age

Subject Areas:

  • Theater

Certifications and Training:

  • BA Theater

Fee range:

$250 - $450

State Arts Agency Roster Artist

  • New Hampshire Education Roster

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • performance area with standard outlets

Fee Range:

$300 - $1,200

State of Residence:

New Hampshire

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

4