Long Wharf Theatre, in partnership with Yale Schwarzman Center, has announced that Anna Deavere Smith and Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean will be the keynote speakers at the Artistic Congress, a three-day ...

Anna Deavere Smith is renowned for her one-woman shows, which have helped redefine modern theater. In her new book, Letters to a Young Artist:... Anna Deavere Smith's 'Letters to a Young Artist' ED ...

Anna Deavere Smith is a woman of many talents. She is a playwright, an actress, and, ultimately, a storyteller. In her latest role, Smith plays the clerk of court Tina Krissman on For The People, ...

Anna Deavere Smith is a woman of many talents. She is a playwright, an actress, and, ultimately, a storyteller. In her latest role, Smith plays the clerk of court Tina Krissman on For The People, ...

If you are a television fan, then you might know Anna Deavere Smith from her roles as the hippie grandmother on "Black-ish," the hospital administrator in "Nurse Jackie" and the national security ...

For the first time in nearly a century, The Atlantic magazine will publish a new play: The Ghost of Slavery by Anna Deavere Smith will debut across 32 pages of the publication’s December issue. The ...

Anna Deavere Smith has spent over four decades as a stalwart of documentary theater, interviewing people across the country and replicating their exact speech and mannerisms onstage in a series of ...

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Anna Deavere Smith is an irresistible one-woman band on PBS Sunday. In Sunday's mesmerizing premiere of Stage On Screen, PBS' new series to showcase the best in drama, Smith plays so many roles -- ...

Acclaimed actor, author and playwright Anna Deavere Smith – who will headline COCA’s Fall Fundraiser on Friday, Nov. 3 – will do just about anything to help something as important as an arts ...

Anna Deavere Smith is an actress and playwright who is said to have created a new form of theater. She has won numerous awards, among them two Obies, two Tony nominations, a Drama Desk Award, the ...