East West presents Mixed Messages, a world premiere

Mixed Messages
By Cherylene Lee
Directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera

A 9,000-year old human skull from the La Brea Tar Pits becomes the center of controversy as a physical anthropologist and Chumash tribe descendant battle over its classification as research fossil or Native American ancestor. As they uncover the skull's past, both are forced to confront their own identities as people of mixed race and emotions spark, pitting culture against science and heritage against ethnicity. For more information visit www.eastwestplayers.org/messages.htm.

Previews September 9-12, 2004
Opens September 15 - October 10, 2004
Thursday-Saturday @ 8 pm, Saturday & Sunday @ 2 pm (no Saturday matinee on Sept. 11 & 18)

Previews: $20 General (all seats), $10 Students (all seats)
Opening Night: $58 (all seats; includes post-show reception)
General: $33 Orchestra, $28 Balcony (student, senior and group discounts available)

To purchase tickets visit www.eastwestplayers.org or call (213) 625-7000. East West Players, David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Cherylene Lee's Mixed Messages was developed with support from the Theatre Residency Program for Playwrights, a project of the National Endowment for the Arts, developed and administered by Theatre Communications Group.

Mixed Messages is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, The James Irvine Foundation and California Community Foundation.