When you set a play in the ...

When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it\'s hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That\'s what the French Quarter is: it\'s a Creole community.
When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it's hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That's what the French Quarter is: it's a Creole community.
 Nicole Ari Parker

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