![]() ![]() ![]() However, IN THE BLOOD feels more like a 1930-s social drama in the vein of Brecht or Odets, substituting an exploited worker with a destitute single mother of 5 fatherless children. This play is often described as an update of Nathaniel Hawthorne-s 19th century classic, THE SCARLET LETTER. Despite this success, Parks- work has been absent from Los Angeles stages for 10 years, which makes the current production of IN THE BLOOD at the Edison Theater such a notable event. The following year, her play TOPDOG, UNDERDOG won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. She moved to Los Angeles in 2001 for a position at Cal Arts. ![]() Parks- own history in Southern California is worth noting. The setting of her 1999 play, IN THE BLOOD, is described as quote: here and now - yet with a character named Hester who is haunted by the letter -A- it is clear that Parks is not simply addressing the present. "History is time that won-t quit," Parks has written and indeed all of her writing is tempered by elements from America-s past. Suzan-Lori Parks is a contemporary playwright who some believe represents the future of American drama, but Parks is a woman more interested in the past. I-m James Taylor and this is Theater Talk on KCRW. ![]()
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