| Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Anna Deavere Smith |
| Characters | various |
| Date premiered | June 13, 1993 |
| Place premiered | Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Los Angeles Uprising of 1992 |
| Genre | One-person show |
| Setting | Los Angeles, California |
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is a one-woman play written and originally performed by Anna Deavere Smith, an American actress, playwright and professor. It is about the infamous 1992 Los Angeles riots.[1]
It was originally commissioned by the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and premiered there in 1993.[2] The original Broadway production opened at the Cort Theatre[1] in New York City on April 17, 1994, and ran for 72 performances.
The play is composed of a series of monologues by real people connected directly and indirectly to the uprising. Smith chose the texts of the monologues and the subjects from interviews that she had conducted with more than 300 individuals in the process of researching the play. It is considered an example of the genre of verbatim theatre. The play was nominated in 1994 for a Tony Award for Best Play. It won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show, Smith's second such honor in two years.
A 2021 off-Broadway revival, produced by Signature Theatre Company at the Pershing Square Signature Center in New York was well-received[3] and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival, out of four nominations.[4]