JC hosts Mixed Blood play

The Jamestown College Convocation Committee is hosting the Mixed Blood Theatre of Minneapolis for a performance of a new play, “Theory of Mind,” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Reiland Fine Arts Center’s DeNault Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

“Theory of Mind” is a portrait of Bill, a college-bound 17-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome. He is equipped with scholastic brilliance, but low emotional intelligence; keen self awareness, but an inability to read social cues; and a charming directness.

He is also uncertain about relationships, anxious about dating and prone to taking everything he hears literally. His outing with a girl from his school becomes a memorable, insightful look at the tugs, shifts and about-faces found on the autism spectrum.

“Theory of Mind” is written by Ken LaZebnik, a veteran Mixed Blood company member whose other writing credits include “Touched by an Angel” and the Mixed Blood-produced plays “Calvinisms,” “League of Nations” and “Vestibular Sense,” also about a young man with autism. Staged by Mixed Blood Artistic Director Jack Reuler, the production features Skyler Nowinski and Taj Ruler.

The show is one of six culturally-specific productions toured annually by Mixed Blood, a Minneapolis-based multicultural theatre company founded in 1976.

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