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Apr 24, 2024 · A woman I interviewed in the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women who sat on the bed and allowed her boyfriend to kill her daughter does not live inside of me.
Jan 16, 2024 · Anna Deavere Smith takes on the words of real Americans - and emulates them on stage. Anna Deavere Smith is an acclaimed actress, journalist, and playwright. She's a pioneer of what's...
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Feb 9, 2021 · Anna Deavere Smith, an Atlantic contributing writer, is a playwright and an actor. In 1968, history found us at a small women’s college, forging our Black identity and empowering our defiance.
Actress, playwright, and performance artist Anna Deavere Smith is best known for her Obie Award-winning Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities.
Nov 4, 2019 · Anna Deavere Smith speaks and a powerful chorus rings out. She's the furious black man, the clueless white woman, the unrepentant police chief, the anguished Korean widow.
Aug 17, 2020 · Based on the evidence of “Fires,” directed last fall by Saheem Ali, the answer was a tentative yes. The show was performed by Michael Benjamin Washington, and its mixture of empathy and terrifying...
Anna Deavere Smith is metamorphosing at an alarming rate. One moment she’s a student, the next she’s an inmate. Later she’s a politician, an activist, and eventually a podium-pounding reverend.
