October 14, 2019

Playwright, Actress DeLanna Studi Opens IRT Season


DeLanna Studi performs "And So We Walked, An Artist's Journey Along The Trail Of Tears." - Patrick Weishampel/Blankeye

DeLanna Studi performs "And So We Walked, An Artist's Journey Along The Trail Of Tears."

Patrick Weishampel/Blankeye

This year's Indiana Repertory Theatre season focuses on diversity and opens with a one woman play created and performed by Cherokee actress DeLanna Studi.

From WFYI’s Arts and Culture Desk, Jill Ditmire talks with Studi about the personal story she shares in her work “And So We Walked, An Artist's Journey Along The Trail Of Tears." The play opens this week at the IRT.

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