The Performing Arts Department at Washington University in St. Louis will present “F ing A,” Suzan-Lori Parks’ blistering riff on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter,” in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre April 20-23.
Can murder excuse murder? In “The Oresteia,” her adaptation of the epic Greek trilogy, contemporary playwright Ellen McLaughlin explores cycles of violence, the ironies of vengeance and the often-tangled search for justice. The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis presents the play Feb. 24 to March 5 in Edison Theatre.