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Which Way, L.A.?

Anna Deavere Smith Brings Her New Play to Santa Monica

Anna Deavere Smith took this town by storm with Twilight: Los Angeles , after the 1992 riots, interviewing characters, including public figures and private citizens, and then personifying them word-for-word in a one-woman stage performance.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Anna Deavere Smith took this town by storm with Twilight: Los Angeles, after the 1992 riots, interviewing characters, including public figures and private citizens, and then personifying them word-for-word in a one-woman stage performance. She's an accomplished actress, with credits in film and TV, a professor at New York University and a recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant. Starting Friday, she's back for two weeks, this time at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica in another one-woman performance, Let Me Down Easy.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Sonya Geis

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    Katie Cooper

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    actress and playwright

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