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Cast members of In the Blood perform Wednesday night. The show, which is an updated version of The Scarlet Letter. begins its run tonight at 7 and continues through the weekend, ending with a matinee on Sunday at 2 p.m.

‘In The Blood’ runs thick with realism

By Troy Doetch | February 17, 2011

When I asked director Anthony Perella Jr. how he was going to be delicate about issues of gender, race and class in a play about a homeless African American mother of five, he said he wasn't going to be sensitive. In the Blood, a gritty tragedy by Suzan-Lori...