(“In the Blood” is for mature audiences)
A new production at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will take a raw, unfiltered look into the world of poverty in the United States.
“In the Blood,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, follows the story of Hester as she struggles to provide for her five fatherless children. Students with UMSL’s Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Studies will perform the play. Jacqueline Thompson, visiting assistant professor of theatre at UMSL, will direct the production, which is described as a modern-day reinterpretation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.”
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The play’s four-day run will get under way with a show at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL. There will be an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. on Oct 26. That will be followed by two shows on Oct. 27: a 2 p.m. matinee and an evening show at 7:30 p.m. The play will wrap with a 2 p.m. matinee performance on Oct. 28.
“In the Blood” is for mature audiences. Tickets are $5-$10. Call 314-516-4949 or visit touhill.org to purchase tickets.