Actor, New Orleans native, community development activist and grocery store owner Wendell Pierce announced today that he's bringing his play "Brothers from the Bottom," which tackles gentrification in post-Katrina New Orleans, to New Orleans this summer, according to NOLA.com. The play, which premiered in March at Brooklyn's Billie Holiday Theater, will play at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts — the site of much development in the years after Katrina — June 5-28. - Lauren LaBorde
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