In 1839, Mary Kathryn Nagle's great-great-great grandfather, Cherokee statesman John Ridge, was assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota. In 2017, Nagle wrote a play about her family's tangled history. And in 2018, Arena will stage its world premiere. Sovereignty, a play that bounces from Andrew Jackson's presidency to a few years past 2017, […] The post Report: Arena Stage’s Molly Smith and Play…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:35AM on December 14, 2017