American Players Theatre Presents BLOOD KNOT Review – Family Ties Breaking

Alexis Bugajski, Picture this Post | June 18, 2018

Two brothers sit across from each other, breathing heavily---

One black, and one passably white.

The tension is palpable.  There are shattered remains of dishes on the floor, furniture overturned, and the threat of violence still in the air.  

Zacharia and Morris have reached the boiling point of their relationship. Their home, even though it is a shack of a house in South Africa, was once filled with care. Now, it is filled with unease and imbalance.

BLOOD KNOT takes us into their home and unravels their carefully crafted surface-level relationship.

American Players Theatre presents story of a Brotherhood Bond

Each day Zacharia trudges around the corner, walking home after being on his feet all day. Morris waits dutifully for him, peering around the door, water being kept warm on the stove, and foot tub laid ready by the bedside. And Morris, each and everyday, washes his brother’s feet.   His task is keeping the home, while Zach is out providing for both of them.

Read the full review here!