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Additional authors

1. Mordecai, Benjamin
2. Rafaty, Laura, 1958-
3. Wanetik, Ric
4. Leve, Harriet Newman
5. Rizzo, Jeanne
6. Stern, James D
7. Roth, Daryl
8. Worley, Jo-Lynne
9. Pizzuti, Ronald A
10. Bienstock, Freddy
11. Smith, Anna Deavere
12. Smith, Anna Deavere
13. Wolfe, George C
14. Arnone, John
15. James, Toni Leslie
16. Fisher, Jules
17. Eisenhauer, Peggy
18. Gromada, John
19. Blackstone, Wendy
20. Neufeld, Jane E.
21. Corwin, Betty L.
22. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer
23. Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.), producer
24. Booking Office (Firm), producer
25. Batwin + Robin Productions, projection design
26. Parker/Hodges Productions
27. Shubert Organization
28. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (DVD) (144 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Solo performance in which actor/playwright Anna Deavere Smith portrays a number of persons she interviewed in the wake of the civil unrest in Los Angeles, which followed the April 1992 verdict in the trial of four police officers accused of beating motorist Rodney King.

Subject

1. Theater > New York (State) > New York
2. One-person shows (Performing arts)
3. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1991-2000
4. Koreans > California > Los Angeles > Drama
5. Race relations > Drama
6. Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations > Drama
7. Riots > California > Los Angeles > Drama
8. Drama
9. Hispanic Americans > California > Los Angeles > Drama
10. African Americans > California > Los Angeles > Drama
11. Immigrants > California > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Drama.

Call number

1. NCOV 1669

Note

1. A videorecording of the premiere staging of this material, taped at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles on July 11, 1993, is available on NCOV 1509. A videorecording of the Off-Broadway revival, taped at the Pershing Square Signature Center on Nov. 16, 2021, is available on NCOV 4315.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Scenic design, John Arnone ; costume design, Toni-Leslie James ; lighting design, Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer ; sound design, John Gromada ; original music, Wendy Blackstone ; projections and video, Batwin + Robin Productions, Inc. ; prod. stage manager, Jane E. Neufeld.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Cort Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 18, 1994.

Funding (note)

1. Recorded with the financial assistance of The Shubert Organization.

Title

1. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 [videorecording] / Benjamin Mordecai, Laura Rafaty, Ric Wanetik, New York Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper Forum, in association with Harriet Newman Leve, Jeanne Rizzo, James D. Stern, Daryl Roth, Jo-Lynne Worley, Ronald A. Pizzuti, The Booking Office, Inc., Freddy Bienstock, present The New York Shakespeare Festival production ; a new play conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith ; directed by George C. Wolfe ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.

Imprint

1. New York, c1994.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Scenic design, John Arnone ; costume design, Toni-Leslie James ; lighting design, Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer ; sound design, John Gromada ; original music, Wendy Blackstone ; projections and video, Batwin + Robin Productions, Inc. ; prod. stage manager, Jane E. Neufeld.

Performer

1. Performed by Anna Deavere Smith.

Event

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Cort Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 18, 1994.

Funding

1. Recorded with the financial assistance of The Shubert Organization.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Mordecai, Benjamin, producer.
2. Rafaty, Laura, 1958- producer.
3. Wanetik, Ric, producer.
4. Leve, Harriet Newman, producer.
5. Rizzo, Jeanne, producer.
6. Stern, James D, producer.
7. Roth, Daryl, producer.
8. Worley, Jo-Lynne, producer.
9. Pizzuti, Ronald A, producer.
10. Bienstock, Freddy, producer.
11. Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.
12. Smith, Anna Deavere, actor.
13. Smith, Anna Deavere, conceptor.
14. Wolfe, George C, director.
15. Arnone, John, set designer.
16. James, Toni Leslie, costume designer.
17. Fisher, Jules, lighting designer.
18. Eisenhauer, Peggy, lighting designer.
19. Gromada, John, sound designer.
20. Blackstone, Wendy, composer.
21. Neufeld, Jane E., production stage manager.
22. Corwin, Betty L.
23. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.
24. Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Calif.), producer.
25. Booking Office (Firm), producer.
26. Batwin + Robin Productions, projection design.
27. Parker/Hodges Productions.
28. Shubert Organization.
29. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research call number

1. NCOV 1669