The most interesting character is the one we never meet in Katori Hall’s new play The cast of "The Blood Quilt" (Credit: Julieta Cervantes) If ever a play needs a prequel, it is Katori Hall’s “The Blood Quilt,” which opened Thursday at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse after its premiere at D.C.’s Arena Stage. Who is this dead woman her four daughters talk about for two hours and 45 minutes? These immediate survivors have gathered to observe their mother’s death and finish a quilt that