Preview
Production Season
Spring 2009
Production Staff
Written by Eric Coble. Directed by M. Susan Anthony
Recommended Citation
Theatre, DePauw, "Natural Selection" (2009). Past DePauw Theatre Seasons. 20, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/commtheatre_past/20
Keywords
undergraduate theatre
Play Summary
It’s the very near future and humans are coping with Earth’s devastation. People risk radiation poisoning when they step outdoors. Children attend virtual school. Friends interact via internet. Some populations, such as Native Americans, have been nearly eradicated, so representatives are displayed in “Cultural Pavilions.” In seeking a genuine Indian, curator Henry Carson encounters a most charismatic and unsettling Navajo, who soon teaches everyone a few things about tolerance and borders. A dark comedy that examines our blind dependence on technology, our isolation from each other, and our detachment from our own spirituality, Natural Selection, which premiered at Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2007, is being presented in conjunction with DePauw's ArtsFest 2008: Art & Borders.