By Suzan Lori-Parks

An otherworldly tale involving a noble Mother, her wayward son, and others. Their troubled beginning and their difficult end. Hester Smith, the revered and reviled local abortionist, hatches a plan to buy her jailed son’s freedom—and nothing will deter Hester from her quest. In this violent and wild-eyed blend of story and song, which harkens to Brechtian and Jacobean structure, Hester’s branded letter A becomes a provocative emblem of vengeance, violence and sacrifice.

Directed by Samantha Van der Merwe

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