Fires in the Mirror is a play by Anna Deavere Smith. Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize nominated African American Actress, Smith interviewed and played various individuals connected to the 1991 Crown Heights Riot between African-Americans and Lubavitch Jews. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. 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 African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Chabad-Lubavitch is one of the largest Hasidic movements in Orthodox Judaism, and is based in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ In an interwoven series of brief monologues, Smith presents 29 characters based on verbatim excerpts from interviews conducted with her subjects. The play seeks to facilitate intercultural exchange and public discussion about sexual and racial politics, ethnic identity, and multiculturalism. The piece premiered at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in New York City and was later adapted for film by American Playhouse for public television in order to meet international demand for the piece. The City of New York American Playhouse is an Anthology Television series periodically broadcast by PBS.
The play is meant to be performed with one person playing all 29 characters.
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