39th Season 2004-2005

Mixed Messages

By Cherylene Lee

Directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera

Set Designer John Binkley

Costume Designer Marya Krakowiak

Lighting Designer Gerry Gregory Linsangan

Sound Designer John Zalewski

Property Master Ken Takemoto

Stage Manager Robert "Bobby" Fromer

WORLD PREMIERE
Previews: September 9 - 12, 2004
Opening Date: September 15, 2004

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.

Cast

Walter Beery.........................................Dad

Miguel Najera............................Councilman

Natsuko Ohama...................................Mom

Mia Riverton..........................................Wai

Lisa Tharps.......................................Lawyer

Luis Villalta..........................................Jake

Understudies

Sabah El-Amin..................................Lawyer

Rand Sherman...................Jake, Councilman

Marie Wong..................................Wai, Mom

Mixed Message Photos by Michael Lamont

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Luis Villalta and Mia Riverton		Walter Beery, Natsuko Ohama, Miguel Najera, Sabah El-Amin, Luis Villalta, and Mia Riverton
Mia Riverton and Luis Villalta	Luis Villalta and Miguel Najera	Luis Villalta and Mia Riverton

Cherylene Lee's Mixed Messages was developed with support from the Theatre Residency Program for Playrights,

a project of the National Endowment for the Arts, developed and administered by Theatre Communications Group.