THIS WEEKEND (8th & 9th) and April 21st, Maythinee Washington plays 30 some people in TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992. Check the dates, times and locations carefully.
Admission is FREE, thanks to the co-production between the Nevada Conservatory Theatre and the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District. This month represents the 25th Anniversary of the LA Riots. Twilight...a one-woman-show takes an intimate look at the people and events that led up to and occurred after the racially charged 1992 L.A. riots. TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith performed by Maythinee Washington directed by Christopher V. Edwards "Lets go inside," he was trying to get me to come inside and away from the scene. But I said "No" I said "We have to stay here, and watch because this is wrong." A documentary theatre piece which uses the exact words of people who experienced the 1992 L.A. riots following the Rodney King verdict. From nine months of interviews with over 200 people, Anna Deavere Smith creates an intimate look into the racial, economic and class tensions of a city in complete turmoil that fueled the fires after the Rodney King verdict and the death of a young girl in Los Angeles. Join us for an informal audience talk-back after each performance.