An upcoming stage production — written by a Lawrence playwright about a KU alum who helped unravel the mysteries of genetic inheritance — is a double helix of local creativity.
“Unghosting the Chromosome” explores how Walter Sutton “deciphered the process by which chromosomes determine physical characteristics,” according to a news release. “This landmark discovery has become known as the Boveri-Sutton Chromosome Theory and is the basis of all later genetic research.”
Sutton came from a small farm family in western Kansas and was a University of Kansas graduate student in the early 1900s. He was also a member of KU’s first basketball team.
The play is written and co-directed by Daniel Born, who also graduated from KU with a degree in philosophy. Born is a member of the Dramatists Guild and has written multiple plays performed locally, nationally and internationally, including “Bang” about William Burroughs’ wife.
Christie Scanlin Dobson, a filmmaker, actress and educator, is co-directing and consulting on the play, according to the release.
Born developed “Unghosting the Chromosome” from “I Know Why the Yellow Dog is Yellow” by Stanley Nelson.
Folks can catch a performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July 11 or 2 p.m. Sunday, July 12 at the Ecumenical Campus Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. The play runs for about 90 minutes.
Tickets are $20 plus fees. People can buy them at this link or at the door.
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