Program 2012

Chimera

Suli Holum & Deborah Stein (New York)

Presented by HERE as part of The Public's Under The Radar Festival

Running Time: 70 minutes

$20 Tickets: here.org or 212-352-3101

HERE 145 6th Avenue

Welcome to the world of Jennifer Samuels, who has just discovered that she is her own twin. Inspired by a real-life horror story, Chimera takes you on a journey from the frontiers of modern science to the seeds of ancient mythology. Co-creators Deborah Stein and Suli Holum have launched a highly theatrical exploration of medical chimerism—the phenomenon of containing two different sets of DNA within one body—in order to explore what happens when technology shatters our ideas of who we think we are.

“The remarkable Holum is especially good at supplying the emotional details that bring her characters to colorful life.” - Time Out NY on Lebensraum 

Commissioned, developed, and produced by HERE as part of the HARP Residency Program. Developed at the Workhaus Collective; the Playwrights' Center PlayLabs Festival of New Plays; the Perry Mansfield New Works Festival with support from Actors Theatre of Louisville; New Dramatists with support from the Creativity Fund; and the Swarthmore Project at Swarthmore College. Also supported by the McKnight Advancement Grant; the Bush Foundation; and the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship, funded by the William & Eva Fox Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group

Photo: Richard Fleischman

Performances continue after UTR through Jan 28. (Additional performances not available as part of the UTR PAK)