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Columbia College Chicago Hosts Discussion of THE DNA TRAIL 2/12

By: Feb. 04, 2010
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Silk Road Theatre Project and Critical Encounters, a program of Columbia College Chicago, join forces to present a lively discussion about the art and science behind The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion on February 12th at 1pm. The 90-minute discussion will take place at Columbia College Chicago, Television Studio A, 600 S. Michigan Avenue, Room 1501 and is free and open to the public. Tea/coffee will be served.

Theatre meets science in The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion, when a diverse group of playwrights each agree to take a genealogical DNA test and revisit their assumptions about identity politics and the perennial "who am I" question. Self, family, community, and ethnicity are all up for grabs in this perception-defying collection of short plays.The DNA trail is comprised of seven unique, identity-defying short plays: Finding Your Inner Zulu by Elizabeth Wong, Mother Road by Velina Hasu Houson, That Could Be You by Lina Patel, WASP: White Arab Slovak Pole by Jamil Khoury, Bolt from the Blue by Shishir Kurup, A Very DNA Reunion by David Henry Hwang, and Child Is Father to Man by Phillip Kan Gotanda.

To lean more about The DNA Trail and ticket information, visit: www.srtp.org



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