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July 26, 2011
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Entertainment & Arts
Anna Deavere Smith wins $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
Jan. 18, 2013
The seminal documentary play draws from over 350 interviews with Angelenos about the uprising sparked by the acquittal of the men charged in the Rodney King police brutality case.
April 28, 2022
July 20, 2011
Anna Deavere Smith, famed for creating one-woman, documentary theater pieces about taut social issues in which she portrays multiple people she’s interviewed, has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most lucrative awards in the arts and literature.
Feb. 3, 2011
Jan. 12, 2012
Anna Deavere Smith revisits ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’
April 25, 2012
Anna Deavere Smith and director Gregg T. Daniel revisit the writer/performer’s groundbreaking solo documentary theater piece, retrofitted for a cast of five, in a new production at the Mark Taper Forum.
March 1, 2023