March 2–April 4, 2010
Conceived by Jamil Khoury
Featuring Plays by Philip Kan Gotanda, Velina Hasu Houston, David Henry Hwang, Jamil Khoury, Shishir Kurup, Lina Patel, and Elizabeth Wong
Directed by Steve Scott
Theatre meets science 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.
The DNA Trail is comprised of seven unique, identity-defying short plays:
Finding Your Inner Zulu by Elizabeth Wong
Mother Road by Velina Hasu Houston
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
Child Is Father to Man by Philip Kan Gotanda
Additional performance on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California, 3551 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA
Presented in Association with Goodman Theatre
Principal | Jennifer Shin*
Principal | Cora Vander Broek*
Principal | Melissa Kong
Principal | Fawzia Mirza
Principal | Khurram Mozaffar
Principal | Anthony Peeples
Principal | Clayton Stamper
Understudy | Anand Bhatia
Understudy | Suzan Faycurry
Understudy | Chie Isobe
Understudy | Michael McCracken
*Member of Actor's Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.
Producer | Malik Gillani
Producer and Playwright | Jamil Khoury
Playwright | Philip Kan Gotanda
Playwright | Velina Hasu Houston
Playwright | David Henry Hwang
Playwright | Shishir Kurup
Playwright | Lina Patel
Playwright | Elizabeth Wong
Director | Steve Scott
Stage Manager | Michelle Dane
Scenic and Lighting Designer | Rebecca A. Barrett
Scenic and Lighting Designer | Lee Keenan
Costume Designer | Amy Gabbert
Sound Designer | Mikhail Fiksel
Props Master | Jesse Gaffney
Dramaturg | Neena Arndt
Dramaturg | Tanya Palmer
Casting Coordinator | Becca Knights
Technical Director | Jason Pikscher
Assistant Director | Lavina Jadhwani
Assistant Stage Manager and House Manager | Amanda Vevers
Wardrobe Supervisor | Page Domikaitis
Box Office and PR Coordinator | Maggie Kovalcik
Program Editor | Sarah Ibis
Press and Archive Photographer | Michael Brosilow
Feature "Swab stories," The University of Chicago Magazine, March-April 2010
Essay "Hiking the DNA Trail," by Velina Hasu Houston, American Theatre, March 1, 2010
Review "The DNA Trail/Silk Road," New City Stage, March 8, 2010
Review "The DNA Trail," TimeOut Chicago, March 11, 2010
Review "Searching for Meaning in the Genes," Chicago Reader, March 11, 2010
