Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is a one-woman play written and originally performed by Anna Deavere Smith, an American actress, playwright and professor. It is about the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The original Broadway production opened at the Cort Theatre in New York City on April 17, 1994 and ran for 72 performances.
READINGS:
NYTimes: Twilight Review
New Yorker: The Urgency of Anna Deavere Smiths Twilight: Los Angeles
Datebook: An ‘insurrection’ before, a movement now? Revisiting ‘Twilight: Los Angeles’
WATCH: Anna Deavere Smith as Maxine Waters
Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith is an actress, playwright, teacher, and author. Her most recent play and film, Notes from the Field, look at the vulnerability of youth, inequality, the criminal justice system, and contemporary activism. The New York Times named the stage version of Notes from the Field among The Best Theater of 2016 and Time magazine named it one of the Top 10 Plays of the year. HBO premiered the film version in February 2018.
Thorton Dial Sr. Top of the Line 1992
