The Syringa Tree is a solo performance memory play of a childhood under apartheid, written and often performed by Pamela Gien [d], and directed by Larry Moss.
[3] It centers on the story of Elizabeth Grace, a Roman Catholic White South African of mixed English and Afrikaner descent.
It later opened at the Playhouse 91 intimate theater in Yorkville, Manhattan in Fall 2000.
[3] The Manhattan reception was lukewarm at first, but news of Gien's performance soon garnered attention, drawing the interest of celebrities such as Oprah and Rosie O'Donnell.
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