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Do our belief systems stem from our environment, or are some prejudices hard-wired into us? With barbed wit, Lydia R. Diamond Stick Fly explores the unavoidable nature of cultural bias and other sticky subjects in the controversial and fiercely funny new play Smart People. Four intellectuals — a doctor, an actress, a psychologist, and a neurobiologist studying the human brain's response to race — search for love, acceptance and identity in a complex world where political correctness comes face-to-face with cold hard data.

Smart People is generously sponsored by R. Lucia Riddle. Additional support is provided in memory of Toni A. Lydia was a W. She is a Northwestern University graduate and has an honorary doctorate of arts from Pine Manor College.

Misha is a Helen Hayes Award recipient and a graduate of the St. Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy. He serves as the associate professor of scene and costume design and head of M. DEDE M. She received an M. You Are Here. Jared teaches at The University of Maryland. If you want genuine kindness, then show genuine kindness, in venues where that has some value.

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Sound like your granny? But only if your granny believed in making choices based on immutable human law instead of fungible social mores. Should I be more openminded? Dear Bay Area: So, overboard liberal goes overboard stiff? Step back, and what do you see? I see a guy caught up in getting caught up. When the MBA fury fades, expect some other extreme will be next.