Center on Halsted is presenting actOUT with Silk Road Theatre Project—featuring an intimate conversation with out playwright/artistic director Jamil Khoury and out stage director Steve Scott discussing their world premiere of The DNA Trail—Tuesday, March 16, 7-8:30 p.m. at the center, 3656 N. Halsted.
The DNA Trail is a compilation of short plays by writers Philip KanGotanda, Velina Hasu Houston, David Henry Hwang, Jamil Khoury, Shishir Kurup, Lina Patel and Elizabeth Wong. For The DNA Trail, Silk Road Theatre Project commissioned the playwrights to take a genealogical DNA test, which inspired their writings. It is running through April 4 at the Chicago Temple, 77 W. Washington.
Tickets for actOUT with Silk Road Theatre Project at the Center are $5, and are available at the door; for more information, e-mail culture@centeronhalsted.org or call 773-661-0673. Tickets are $24-34 for the Chicago Temple run: Visit the Silk Road Theatre Project box office, 77 W. Washington; call 312-857-1234; or see www.srtp.org.