In the third part of our daily series introducing you to the plays and playwrights featured at the 2018 Colorado New Play Summit, meet Kemp Powers, author of ‘Christa McAuliffe’s Eyes Were Blue.’ The play is inspired by two real twins in an interracial family — but in a genetic twist, one baby came out white and the other came out black. Even though they share the same DNA, the twins in Powers’ play have lived drastically different lives: One is plagued by racism because of his dark skin while the other passes as white. “The play explores the idea of nature versus nurture — but within one household.” And the pivotal moment in the lives of both men comes in the days leading up to the Challenger disaster. “I wanted to parallel the symbolism of when everything went wrong in the space program to the relationship between these two brothers,” Powers said. The 2018 Colorado New Play Summit takes place Feb. 23-25 at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. For information, godenvercenter.org. An expanded version of this interview can be read on the DCPA NewsCenter at My DenverCenter.Org. Video by DCPA Video Producer David Lenk and Senior Arts Journalist John Moore.

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