With evocative costume design, ‘Blood at the Root’ illustrates school-to-prison pipeline in U.S. by David Kwiatkowski on July 14, 2021 share DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Christopher Portley, as De'Andre during a Blood at the Root dress rehearsal on Monday, June 28, 2021 at the Performance Pavilion on Pratt. KRISTEN TRIPLETT/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER In a stage production,