In “Sally & Tom,” Suzan-Lori Parks’s new play at the Public Theater, Sheria Irving and Gabriel Ebert play a version of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. Jeenah Moon for The New York Times ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick The 30-year relationship between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson is the basis for Suzan-Lori Parks’s hilarious and harrowing ...

With ‘Sally & Tom,’ Suzan-Lori Parks Tackles American History, Adding Plenty of Context If you haven’t guessed yet, her new work was inspired by the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally ...