In The Blood
by Suzan-Lori Parks
by Suzan-Lori Parks
In the Blood is a modern retelling of The Scarlet Letter, focusing on Hester La Negrita, a mother striving to provide for her five children while living under a bridge in New York City.
About The Play
About The Play
★★★★★ Five Stars, Trash Lounge
★★★★ Four Stars, MusicOMH
An urban American “riff” on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, In the Blood is the story of Hester La Negrita, mother to five children, of five fathers, who makes a home beneath a bridge on the streets of New York. Hounded by her need to provide a better future for her family, she bargains her hopes on the only people left in her world, and comes up short. This raw, physical production of Parks’ seminal work will take us to this world that exists on the flipside of the American Dream.