‘Blood at the Root’ to have NYC premiere

UNIVERSITY PARK — The international award-winning ‘Blood at the Root,’ which the School of Theatre commissioned for its master of fine arts acting class of 2014, will have its New York City premiere at the National Black Theatre, Wednesday, April 20, through Sunday, May 15.

Written by Dominique Morisseau and directed by Steve Broadnax, head of the MFA acting program, the play, inspired by the story of six black Louisiana teenagers charged with attempted murder, won the Kennedy Center’s Hip Hop Theater Creator Award and has been honored at Australia’s Adelaide Fringe Festival, Scotland’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe and South Africa’s Grahamstown Arts Festival.

During the 2013-14 academic year, the MFA actors took ‘Blood at the Root’ to Penn State commonwealth campuses and have continued to perform the play nationally and internationally.

The New York City premiere of ‘Blood at the Root’ is co-presented by the National Black Theatre and Hi-ARTS. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.nationalblacktheatre.org/#!blood-at-the-root/ryejq.