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Anna Deavere Smith

Smith delivered a keynote address to the "New Dimensions of Citizenship" conference at Fordham Law School in September 2006
Born September 18, 1950 (1950-09-18) (age 57)
Baltimore, Maryland

Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize nominated African American actress, playwright, and professor. Fordham University School of Law (commonly known as Fordham Law or Fordham Law School) is a part of Fordham University in the United States Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies

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Early life

Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Anna (née Young), an elementary school principal, and Deavere Young Smith, a coffee merchant. [1] Smith is an alumna of Beaver College (now Arcadia University), graduating in 1971. Arcadia University is a private liberal arts University located in Glenside, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Philadelphia She received her M. F. A. in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California. American Conservatory Theater ( ACT) is a large non-profit theater company in San Francisco California, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

Career

Theater

Smith is best known for her "documentary theatre" style in plays such as Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, both of which featured Smith as the sole performer of multiple and diverse characters. Fires in the Mirror is a play by Anna Deavere Smith. Smith interviewed and played various individuals connected to the 1991 Crown Heights Riot Fires in the Mirror dealt with the 1991 Crown Heights Riot. The Crown Heights Riot was a three-day riot that occurred in August of 1991 in the Crown Heights neighborhood in the New York City borough of Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 dealt with the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The Los Angeles riots of 1992, also known as the Rodney King uprising or the Rodney King riots, were sparked on April 29, 1992 when a jury Both of these plays were constructed using material solely from interviews and other pieces of the archive. House Arrest in 2000 and Let Me Down Easy in 2008 continued in this style.

Earlier in her career, Smith had appeared in a wide range of stage productions, including the role of Mistress Quickly in an Off Broadway production of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor with the Riverside Shakespeare Company, produced by Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival, set in New Orleans in post Civil War America. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. The Merry Wives of Windsor is a Comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597 The Riverside Shakespeare Company of New York City was founded in 1977 as a professional (AEA theatre company on the Upper West Side of New York City by W Joseph Papp ( June 22 1921 - October 31 1991) was an American Theatrical producer and director. New York Shakespeare Festival is the traditional name of a sequence of shows organized by the Public Theater in New York City, most often being held at the Delacorte For the role, Smith transformed herself into a "Cajun voodoo woman" - an indication of the actress's transformational power that would manifest itself in her future work. [2]

Film and Television

Smith has appeared in several films, including Philadelphia and The American President, and has recurring roles on The West Wing and The Practice. Philadelphia is a 1993 Film revolving around HIV / AIDS, Homosexuality and prevailing attitudes concerning gays and homophobia The American President is a 1995 Romantic comedy film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin. The Practice is a American Legal drama created by David E Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston

Teacher

Smith teaches in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Tisch School of the Arts (known more commonly as Tisch or TSOA) is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University (NYU New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. She formerly taught in the drama department at Stanford University. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in She also teaches at NYU School of Law.

Author

In 2000 Smith published her first book Talk to Me: Travels in Media and Politics. In 2006 she released another Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts-For Actors, Performers, Writers, and Artists of Every Kind.

Honors

As a dramatist Smith was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1993 for Fires in the Mirror which won her a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918 From 1918 to 2006 the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes during these years the The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and She was nominated for two Tony Awards in 1994 for Twilight. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented One for Best Actress and another for Best Play. The play won her a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance and a Theatre World Award. The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and The Theatre World Award, first awarded for the 1945-46 season is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York

Smith was one of the 1996 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as the "genius grant. The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes Nicknamed the "genius grant") is an award given by the John D " She also won a 2006 Fletcher Foundation Fellowship for her contribution to civil rights issues as well as a 2008 Matrix Award from the New York Women in Communications, Inc. The Fletcher Foundation is a nonprofit foundation that supports Civil rights and Environmental education. [1]

She has received honorary degrees from Arcadia University, Bates College, Bryn Mawr College, Smith College, Skidmore College, Macalester College, Occidental College, Pratt Institute, Holy Cross College, Haverford College, Wesleyan University, School of Visual Arts, Northwestern University, Colgate University, California State University Sacramento, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wheelock College, and the Cooper Union. Arcadia University is a private liberal arts University located in Glenside, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Philadelphia Bates College is a private liberal arts college located in Lewiston Maine, in the United States. Bryn Mawr College ( brin-mar is a highly selective women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton Massachusetts. Skidmore College is a private liberal arts college located in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States Macalester College is a private Coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul Minnesota. Occidental College is a small private coeducational liberal arts college located in Los Angeles California. Pratt Institute is a specialized private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as in Utica New York Holy Cross College or Saint Cross College may refer to College of the Holy Cross in Worcester Massachusetts U Haverford College is a highly selective private, Coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb This article concerns Wesleyan The School of Visual Arts ( SVA) is an Art school in Manhattan New York City and is one of the nation's leading independent Colleges of art and Colgate University is a private liberal arts college located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County New York, USA California State University Sacramento (also known as Sacramento State or Sac State) is a public University located in the city of Sacramento The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research Wheelock College is an institution of higher learning located in Boston Massachusetts. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (commonly referred to simply as The Cooper Union or Cooper Union) is a privately-funded college in

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Anna Deavere Smith Biography (1950-)
  2. ^ "Wives of Windsor [sic] make merry in city parks," by Patricia O'Haire, The New York Daily News, July 26, 1983. The Kingdom is a 2007 film directed by Peter Berg and starring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner For a picture of Smith in the role of Mistress Quickly see Riverside Shakespeare Company. The Riverside Shakespeare Company of New York City was founded in 1977 as a professional (AEA theatre company on the Upper West Side of New York City by W

External links

The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel Bates College is a private liberal arts college located in Lewiston Maine, in the United States.
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