Twilight : Los Angeles, 1992
Signature Theatre | New York, NY 2021.
American Repertory Theatre | Cambridge, MA 2022.
Conceived, Written, and Revised by Anna Deavere Smith Directed by Taibi Magar
Set Riccardo Hernandez Clothes Linda Cho Lighting Alan C. Edwards Sound Darren West Projection David Bengali
Assoc. Set Jungah Han Assoc. Clothes Herin Kaputkin Assoc. Lighting Nic Vincent Assoc. Projection Dan Vatsky
with Elena Hurst, Wesley T. Jones, Francis Jue, Karl Kenzler/Carl Palmer & Tiffany Rachelle Stewart.
Photos by Alan C. Edwards. All rights reserved.
photo by Joan Marcus
About Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
One
verdict can change the course of history. The news of the police officers’
acquittal in Rodney King’s police brutality case reverberated throughout the
streets of Los Angeles. Variously called a “riot, a revolution, or a social
explosion,” the events that followed the verdict drew worldwide attention.
One
verdict can change the course of history. The news of the police officers’
acquittal in Rodney King’s police brutality case reverberated throughout the
streets of Los Angeles. Variously called a “riot, a revolution, or a social
explosion,” the events that followed the verdict drew worldwide attention.
Declared a “rich, panoramic canvas of a national trauma” by The New York Times, Smith’s
transformative study of the 1992 L.A. civil unrest reveals the fault lines
that set the city ablaze. Twilight : Los Angeles, 1992 is equal parts meticulously researched reportage and stirring cry for
reform.
- Signature Theatre
“What makes this revised ‘Twilight’ not just a must-see but a must-hear is the sheer vividness of their voices, the stories they tell, and the revealing perspectives that Black, white, Asian-American, and Latino residents of Los Angeles offer as they sift through the meaning of a traumatic event, the social conditions that gave rise to it, and their hopes — some faint, some fierce — for change.”
- The Boston Globe
