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Additional authors

1. Evans, Paige
2. Smith, Anna Deavere
3. Smith, Anna Deavere
4. Magar, Taibi
5. Hernández, Riccardo
6. Cho, Linda
7. Edwards, Alan C.
8. West, Darron L.
9. Bengali, David
10. Whitaker, Beth
11. Turner, Charles M., III
12. Hurst, Elena
13. Jue, Francis
14. Jones, Wesley T.
15. Kenzler, Karl
16. Stewart, Tiffany Rachelle
17. Hoffman, Patrick
18. Parker/Hodges Productions
19. Signature Theatre Company (New York, N.Y.), producer
20. New York State Council on the Arts
21. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (DVD) (138 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Originally, this play was a solo performance piece. Actor/playwright Anna Deavere Smith portrayed a number of persons she had 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. Smith revised the material for this production, which features five actors.

Subject

1. African Americans > California > Los Angeles > Drama
2. Hispanic Americans > California > Los Angeles > Drama
3. Koreans > California > Los Angeles > Drama
4. Immigrants > California > Drama
5. Race relations > Drama
6. Riots > California > Los Angeles > Drama
7. Theater > New York (State) > New York
8. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 2021-2030
9. Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Drama.

Call number

1. NCOV 4315

Note

1. Title from opening credits.
2. 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 Broadway version of this show, taped at the Cort Theatre on May 18, 1994, is available on NCOV 1669.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Scenic design, Riccardo Hernández ; costume design, Linda Cho ; lighting design, Alan C. Edwards ; sound design, Darron L West ; projection design, David Bengali ; associate artistic director, Beth Whitaker ; prod. stage manager, Charles M. Turner III.

Performer (note)

1. Elena Hurst, Francis Jue, Wesley T. Jones, Karl Kenzler, and Tiffany Rachelle Stewart.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Pershing Square Signature Center, New York, N.Y., November 16, 2021.

Funding (note)

1. Recorded with the financial assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Title

1. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 [videorecording] / Signature Theatre, Paige Evans, artistic director, presents ; written, conceived and revised by Anna Deavere Smith ; directed by Taibi Magar ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Production

1. New York : Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [2021]

Copyright date

1. ©2021

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Scenic design, Riccardo Hernández ; costume design, Linda Cho ; lighting design, Alan C. Edwards ; sound design, Darron L West ; projection design, David Bengali ; associate artistic director, Beth Whitaker ; prod. stage manager, Charles M. Turner III.

Cast

1. Elena Hurst, Francis Jue, Wesley T. Jones, Karl Kenzler, and Tiffany Rachelle Stewart.

Event

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Pershing Square Signature Center, New York, N.Y., November 16, 2021.

Funding

1. Recorded with the financial assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Evans, Paige, producer.
2. Contains (work): Smith, Anna Deavere. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.
3. Smith, Anna Deavere, conceptor.
4. Magar, Taibi, director.
5. Hernández, Riccardo, set designer.
6. Cho, Linda, costume designer.
7. Edwards, Alan C., lighting designer.
8. West, Darron L., sound designer.
9. Bengali, David, projections designer.
10. Whitaker, Beth, production personnel.
11. Turner, Charles M., III, production stage manager.
12. Hurst, Elena, actor.
13. Jue, Francis, actor.
14. Jones, Wesley T., actor.
15. Kenzler, Karl, actor.
16. Stewart, Tiffany Rachelle, actor.
17. Hoffman, Patrick.
18. Parker/Hodges Productions.
19. Signature Theatre Company (New York, N.Y.), producer.
20. New York State Council on the Arts.
21. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research call number

1. NCOV 4315