A Very DNA Reunion

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A Very DNA Reunion
Written by David Henry Hwang
Date premieredMarch 8, 2010
Place premiered Chicago Temple Building
Original languageEnglish
Subject DNA technology

A Very DNA Reunion is a 2010 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. It deals with the imprecise science of DNA technology. The play premiered as part of the production The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays About Ancestry, Identity, and Confusions, a night of short plays. [1] It premiered as part of the Silk Road Theatre Project on March 8, 2010 at the historic Chicago Temple Building. It was directed by Steve Scott and the production was conceived by Jamil Khoury.

It has currently not been published.

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  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-06-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)