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How Blood Go weaves the present and past together to explore the strained relationship between the medicine and African Americans in this country. Just when Quinntasia is ready to take her wellness program, Quinntessentials, to market, she learns that her healthy body is not the product of her hard work, but of a futuristic experimental device—activated without her consent—that makes her appear White to doctors and nurses. She must decide if she’s willing to give up her Blackness to make her dream come true. Meanwhile, Bean and his brother, Ace, experience unethical medical treatment in the American South (the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment 1930-1970).
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CAST
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CREATIVE TEAM
Sarah Grace Goldman (Assistant Director/Dramaturg)
Lauren Lassus+ (Production Stage Manager)
Lili Bjorklund (Assistant Stage Manager)
Evan Sposato (Technical Director)
Courtney O’Neill^ (Set Designer)
Willow James (Sound Designer)
Victor Hugo Jaimes (Production Manager)
Kotryna Hilko (Costume Designer)
Levi Wilkins (Lighting Designer)
Conchita Avitia (Master Electrician)
Lonnae Hickman (Props Designer)
Mike Tutaj^ (Projections Designer)
Breon Arzell (Movement Director)
This production of How Blood Go is presented as part of Steppenwolf Theatre’s LookOut Series–a performance series that presents the work of artists and companies across genre and form. Emerging artists and performance legends, quintessential Chicago companies and young aspiring ensembles, familiar Steppenwolf faces, and new friends come to LookOut and perform for a range of different audiences.
*Member of the Congo Square Theatre Ensemble
+ Member of the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors and stage managers
^ Member of United Scenic Artists, the union of designers, artists, and craftspeople
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