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UCLA alumna Wendy Graf&#039;s new play, &quot;All American Girl,&quot; explores main character Katie&#039;s tranformation from a fundamentalist Christian to a radical Muslim and the act of violence she commits to alarm people. Graf said viewers should focus on Katie&#039;s evolution, not the politics behind the attacks. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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Alumna&#8217;s play &#8220;All American Girl&#8221; explores religious extremism

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When playwright Wendy Graf watched news coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, she noticed something unusual about reports on the wife of one of the bombers.

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Alumna’s play “All American Girl” explores religious extremism

By Alisha Kapur

July 13, 2015 7:52 a.m.