At the guts of Cassandra Medley’s play is the controversial idea that higher concentrations of melanin in the genetic makeup of people of color make sure they are mentally, literally, and spiritually superior. Predicated on the scientific tests of her ironically now-deceased father, Kalima, a fledging molecular scientist looking to arrive to her very own has a difficult time buying his flawed analysis. Her mother Claire, who carry’s her deceased husband’s medical torch has a difficult experience reckoning with her daughter’s enlightenment.

Includes an interview with Dr. Stanley Nelson, Professor of Human being Genetics and Psychiatry at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine.

An L.A. Theater Works full-cast overall performance featuring Judyann Elder, Deidrie Henry, Wayne Pickens Jr., Jason Ritter, Terrell Tilford and Lorraine Toussaint.

Relativity is portion of L.A. Theatre Functions’ Relativity Series offering science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is supplied by the Alfred P. Sloan Basis to enhance general public understanding of research and technology in today’s world.