Suzan-Lori Parks
The playwright who "has burst through every known convention to invent a new theatrical language, like a jive Samuel Beckett, while exploding American cultural myths and stereotypes along the way [John Heilpern, ,New York Observer, and ,Vogue,]," has written two haunting riffs on Hawthorneâ€™s ,The Scarlett Letter: In the Blood, and ,Fucking A.,Hester La Negrita of ,In the Blood, is an unapologetic mother of five illegitimate childrenâ€”"my treasures, my five joys"â€”who practices writing the alphabet to help herself "one day get a leg up. The letter A is as far as she gets. Hester Smith of ,Fucking A, works the only job availableâ€”abortionist to the lower class, in order to save for a reunion picnic with her imprisoned son. Her branded A bleeds afresh every time a patient comes to see her.,These are two mature, beautifully crafted, inventive and poetic plays by one of the most unique voices writing for the stage today.
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The Red Letter Plays