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Brown Lecture Series: Anna Deavere Smith

October 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Free

Playwright, actor, and educator Anna Deavere Smith uses her singular brand of theatre to explore issues of community, character, and diversity in America. The MacArthur Foundation honored Smith with the “Genius” Fellowship for creating “a new form of theatre – a blend of theatrical art, social commentary, journalism, and intimate reverie.” Best known for crafting more than 15 one-woman shows drawn from hundreds of interviews, Smith turns these conversations into scripts and transforms herself onstage into an astonishing number of characters. In her speaking events, Smith discusses the many “complex identities of America,” and interweaves her discussions with portrayals of people she has interviewed to illustrate the diversity of emotions and points of view on controversial issues.

Her most recent play, Notes from the Field, looks at the School-to-Prison Pipeline and injustice and inequality in low-income communities. Winner of an Obie Award and the 2017 Nortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show, Notes from the Field was named one of the Top 10 Plays of the year by Time magazine. The film adaptation of Notes from the Field is available through HBO, while the paperback adaptation, Notes from the Field, is a collection of students and teachers, counselors and congressmen, preachers and prisoners, discussing their direct and indirect experiences with the School-to-Prison Pipeline.

Currently, Smith appears on ABC’s hit series Black-ish and the ABC legal drama For the People. She is probably most recognizable as the hospital administrator on Showtime’s Nurse Jackie and the National Security Advisor on NBC’s The West Wing. Her films include The American President, Rachel Getting Married, and Philadelphia.

CityLit Project in partnership with Enoch Pratt Free Library presents Brown Lecture Series: Anna Deavere Smith.

This is a virtual event. Registration is required. FREE tickets for Zoom Webinar or Facebook Live will go on sale October 13 at 9 AM.

For more details click here.

www.annadeaveresmith.org

Details

Date:
October 27, 2020
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brown-lecture-series-anna-deavere-smith-tickets-120026341017