Speaker:
Anna D. Smith, *, NYU

Description:
Ms. Smith is said to have created a new form of theater in which she combines the journalistic technique of interviewing a diverse array of people with the art of interpreting their words for performance. The New York Times wrote that she is “the ultimate impressionist, she does people’s souls.” She is the author of Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, Fires in the Mirror, and House Arrest. Her most recent play, Let Me Down Easy, tells the human side of the health care story in the US. Fires in the Mirror, Twilight and Let Me Down Easy were broadcast on PBS.