Genetic Plays
- Imagination Theatre
- Baltimore Academy of Performing Arts (BAPA)
- 11301 Rockville Pike
- N. Bethesda, MD 20895
- Phone: 301.881.5106
- Honey & Sting: about issues and ethics of
biotechnology, genetic therapies and manipulation (for grades 7 - adult),
Opens June 5, 2000 (50-minute drama, with comic interludes. Set
in the year 2030, when it is supposed that a certain amount of genetic manipulation has
become as commonplace for most Americans. Melissa is a talented young actress whose father
had her genes "fixed". Lee is in love with Melissa despite the fact that he and
his parents are staunch "naturals" who are morally opposed to genetic
engineering of all kinds. As the story unfolds, both Lee and Melissa's beliefs are
challenged and, the young people face a choice - to accept a genetic therapy with inherent
risks or not)
- The Cutting Edge: basics science of biotechnology
and ethical questions the new technologies raise, opened about 1996, travels, video
available
LaJolla DNA, LaJolla Theater Company, CA, Spring
2000
The Elephant Man (Neurofibromatosis)
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