Chimera
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 5, 2012
Closed Jan 28, 2012
Opened Jan 5, 2012
Closed Jan 28, 2012
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Running Time:
1hr. 15min.
1hr. 15min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Jennifer Samuels has just discovered that she is her own twin. Welcome to the world of Chimera, a startling new piece of theatre exploring the medical phenomenon of containing two different kinds of DNA in one body. What happens when technology shatters our ideas of who we think we are?
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Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of review roundups for the 2012 Under the Radar Festival.
A woman discovers that the son she gave birth to is not her own in Chimera, an intriguing solo play co-created by performer Suli Holum and writer Deborah Stein, now being presented by HERE as part of Under the Radar.
The show tells the story of Jennifer Samuels, a microbiologist who in researching the cause for a benign pediatric heart murmur afflicting her son Brian, finds out that she possesses two sets of DNA, a rare medical condition known as chimerism. The show raises some provocative questions, such as how much DNA is required to make up a person, and similarly, if it's not what you[...]