Loyola University Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
Opens the 2011-2012 Season with a
Bold New Version of a Classic Tale.
In the Blood will run in the Lower Depths Theatre at Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Avenue (Corner of Calhoun and St. Charles), on September 30, October 1,6,7,8, @ 8:00 pm & October 2 @ 2:00 pm.
FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY
TICKETS ONLINE: http://cmfa.loyno.edu/montage/theatre-arts-dance-events
BOX OFFICE: (504) 865-2074 or tickets@loyno.edu | Please note: reservations cannot be made without payment.
THEATRE ARTS/DANCE MAJORS & MINORS: Reserve your comp ticket(s) with Monica Harris at (504) 865-2575 or mrharris@loyno.edu
In the Blood
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Loyola University Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
Opens the 2011-2012 Season with a
Bold New Version of a Classic Tale.
In the Blood will run in the Lower Depths Theatre at Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Avenue (Corner of Calhoun and St. Charles), on September 30, October 1,6,7,8, @ 8:00 pm & October 2 @ 2:00 pm.
FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY
TICKETS ONLINE: http://cmfa.loyno.edu/montage/theatre-arts-dance-events
BOX OFFICE: (504) 865-2074 or tickets@loyno.edu | Please note: reservations cannot be made without payment.
THEATRE ARTS/DANCE MAJORS & MINORS: Reserve your comp ticket(s) with Monica Harris at (504) 865-2575 or mrharris@loyno.edu
In the Blood
by Suzan Lori-Parks
“In the Blood”, the “bold re-imagining of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter, embraces the yearning for love, family, and the price of moral absolutes” -UIC Performing Arts website
The Loyola University Department of Theatre Arts and Dance and director Laura Hope kick off the 2011-2012 season with In The Blood written by Suzan-Lori Parks.
Parks wrote this contemporary story based on the main character from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Suzan-Lori Parks became a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize for this play in 2000, but later won the prize for another work Topdog/Underdog.
In The Blood tells the story about a mother, Hester, and her five fatherless children, trying to find help to make her children's lives successful. Living in poverty and having the reputation as a "slut" on her, her children and her future begin to grow dim. Hester seizes the opportunity to receive help from her children's fathers, with hopes that one may help them. The play moves to other characters' stories (confessions) such as the doctor, welfare, and her friend, who is involved with Hester's struggling predicament. Throughout the play, Hester struggles to find help for her children in this shocking tragedy.
The play deals with how women in this stratum of society are exploited by individuals and by the system. It deals with such themes as homelessness, illiteracy, sexual exploitation, economic exploitation, religious hypocrisy, and how profoundly broken and hypocritical the welfare system is. “I think the play shows that if you treat people like animals, they will act like animals. If you exploit someone to the point they have nothing to lose, they will eventually strike back, even if the ‘striking back’ is self-destructive” says director Laura Hope.
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