Nambi Kelley's theatrical adaptation of Richard Wright's novel Native Son, which I had the pleasure of dramaturging for Antaeus Theatre Company, has opened! The play is set in Chicago in 1939 so I spent a great deal of time researching that time and place. If you go see the show, you can read my program note about the city and its effect both within the story and on the people who created it. More importantly, you can see that effect in action as part of the great work of thi