‘They Don’t Talk Back’ comes home to Southeast with Perseverance Theatre premiere

“They Don’t Talk Back” opens at Perseverance Theatre tonight (Friday, Jan. 27). Among other themes, it’s a play about family, identity, colonization and cultural preservation. It features three generations of Tlingit men in Southeast Alaska facing change. And it’s also a love story.
Jake Waid, left, and Skyler Ray-Benson Davis talk briefly during a technical rehearsal Tuesday, Jan. 24, for “They Don’t Talk Back,” at the Perseverance