"Blood at the Root" from Tony-Nominated Dominique Morisseau

On a hot fall day, African-American senior Raylynn breaks tradition to sit under the old oak tree in front of the high school that is usually a gathering place for white students. The next day, three nooses are found hanging from the tree. The school shrugs it off as a prank, but racial tensions continue to mount until six Black students are arrested on trumped-up charges of attempted murder. Tony-nominated Morisseau's Bay Area premiere play is a choreopoem that examines the miscarriage of justice, racial double standards, and, as a result, the shattering state of Black family life.