Talk to Me: Listening Between the Lines

By Anna Deavere Smith

"In Talk to Me, Smith looks back at a singular career as a seeker and interpreter of language in America, revealing the methodology behind her extraordinary search for the truth and nuances of verb...

Twilight--Los Angeles, 1992 on the road

By Anna Deavere Smith

Twilight is Anna Deavere Smith's stunning new work of "documentary theater" in which she uses the verbatim words of people who experienced the Los Angeles riots to expose and explore the devastatin...

Twilight

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From an acclaimed playwright comes "an American masterpiece" (Newsweek) about the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Twilight is a stunning work of "documentary theater" that explores the devastating human im...

Talk to Me

By Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deveare Smith's award-winning one-woman shows were borne of her uniquely brilliant ability to listen. In Talk to Me she applies her rare talent to the language of political power in America.Be...

Notes from the Field

By Anna Deavere Smith

"Smith’s powerful style of living journalism uses the collective, cathartic nature of the theater to move us from despair toward hope.” —The Village Voice Anna Deavere Smith’s extraordinary form of...

Fires in the Mirror

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Let me down easy

By Anna Deavere Smith

"In this solo show constructed from verbatim interview transcripts, Anna Deavere Smith examines the miracle of human resilience through the lens of the national debate on health care. After collect...

House Arrest

By Anna Deavere Smith

"House Arrest is a fascinating and compelling look at nothing less than the civil rights movement, the issues of slavery and racism, and the relationship between the press and the presidency over t...

Fires in the mirror

By Anna Deavere Smith

Seven

By Paula Cizmar

"Seven is a groundbreaking work of documentary theater that captures the remarkable lives of a diverse and courageous group of women leaders around the world. A collaboration by seven award-winning...