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/PRNewswire/ -- The Sine Institute of Policy & Politics at American University, one of the nations premier forums for the study and discussion of todays...

Former Bunting Fellow Anna Deavere Smith develops revival of “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.”

Anna Deavere Smith, an actress known for her roles on shows like “The West Wing” and “Black-ish” alongside being a playwright and an educator, came to the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs to give a presentation called “Race in America: Accepting Difference, Standing Shoulder to Shoulder.”  The presentation was, as Smith described it, “like a speech […]

As promised, the Center Theatre Group venue will feature works written exclusively by women, transgender or nonbinary artists for its 2022-23 season.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, led by Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Director Kelvin ...

A new, five-person version of an award-winning docudrama by longtime A.R.T. collaborator Anna Deavere Smith and the North American premiere of a new adaptation of Chaucer’s tale The Wife of Bath that celebrates community and the human knack for telling tales were announced today as additions to the 2022/23 programming lineup at A.R.T.

Juneteenth was officially designated a federal holiday in 2021. Heres The Chronicles guide to events honoring the occasion in San Francisco, Oakland and more.

New York Stage and Film returns July 9-August 7 for five weeks of in-person programming in Poughkeepsie for their 2022 Summer Season.  For 38 years, NYSAF has operated as a vital incubator for artists and their work, a catalyst for stories that continue across the country and around the world.  All tickets are $25 and go on sale June 1.

(NEW YORK, NY) -- New York Stage and Film, considered “one of the preeminent incubators for theater in the country,” returns July 9-August 7 for five weeks of in-person programming in Poughkeepsie for their 2022 Summer Season.  For 38 years, NYSAF has operated as a vital incubator for artists and their work, a catalyst for stories that continue across the country and around the world.  All tickets are $25 and go on sale June 1.

Beginning on June 9, and running through July 3, 2022, Theater J brings Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities to the stage. The groundbreaking documentary play was conceived, written, and originally performed by Anna Deavere Smith in the wake of the violence and unrest that struck the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, in 1991.