05.21.07
Anna Deavere Smith, author, playwright and performing artist, “Snapshots of America in Change”
Anna Deavere Smith
Monday, May 21| Wortham Center
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Author, playwright and performing artist
Topic: Snapshots of America in Change
sponsored by Progressive Forum Houston
Anna Deavere Smith was hailed by Newsweek as “the most exciting individual in American theater.” She is an author, playwright, and performing artist who uses her singular brand of theater to explore the issues of race, community, and character in America. She slips in and out of roles during her presentation, creating a diversity of viewpoints. She was awarded a “genius” grant from the MacArthur Foundation for creating “a new form of theater.” She is perhaps best known as the author and performer of two one-woman plays about racial tensions in American cities, Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles. She is a tenured professor at New York University. She is the author of Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts, as well as Talk to Me: Travels n Media and Politics.
Program at 7:30 p.m. in the Wortham Center, Cullen Theater. Private patron reception at 6:30 p.m. in the Green Room. / Book signing after the program in the grand foyer. Books will be on sale throughout the evening by Barnes & Noble. / Tickets $19 to $59. A limited number of patron tickets at $110 include preferred seating location, private patron reception with the speaker, and a free autographed book. All tickets are $5 more at the door. At certain price levels, there are discounts for students, seniors 65 and over, and groups of 15 or more. Valid ID required at the door. There are no tickets sold in advance at the Wortham Center box office. Tickets are sold by an independent box office service, ClickNPrint, by telephone or online (see link and phone number under photo above). / For the hearing impaired, headsets are available at the box office or from the ushers.
