Caris’ Peace
Year | 2012 |
Director(s) | Gaylen Ross |
Runtime | 76 min |
What is an actress without memory? Caris Corfman was a brilliant graduate of the Yale School of Drama on the brink of stardom, acting opposite Ian Holm in the dramatic film Dreamland or in the original Broadway cast of “Amadeus” with Ian McKellen and Tim Curry, when a brain tumor left her without short-term memory. Robbed of her ability to learn, recall and recite lines, or even to know what play she’s in, Caris was swiftly forced to recognize that her career was over.
Caris’ Peace is the story of this courageous woman’s triumphant and deeply moving return, against all odds, to the New York stage with a one-woman show. Told with remarkable humor and wit, with friends and colleagues; actors Tony Shalhoub, Kate Burton and political comedian Lewis Black, it is an extraordinary journey of courage and never giving up hope.
Directed by Gaylen Ross with Rebecca Nelson
Some strong language due to Caris’ colorful personality.