The Loyola University Department of Theatre Arts and Dance and director Laura Hope kick off the 2011-2012 season with In The Blood written by Suzan-Lori Parks. Parks wrote this contemporary story based on the main character from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter." Suzan-Lori Parks became a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize for this play in 2000, but later won the prize for another work Topdog/Underdog.