Blood at the Root, by Dominique Morisseau
Goode Theatre 4601 Monarch Way, Norfolk, VA, United StatesIn 1939, Billie Holiday sang, “Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root.” When a Black student disrupts the status quo at her high school by occupying space typically reserved for white students, her community erupts in hate speech, violence, and chaos. Inspired by the Jena Six […]