Playwright/performer Anna Deavere Smith speaks to host Michele Norris about her one-woman show, Let Me Down Easy, now on stage in Washington, D.C.

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Now, Smith steps back on stage at the Broad in Santa Monica this week as part of a sold-out national tour for her new show "Let Me Down Easy." Smith interviewed over three hundred people on 3 ...

Anna Deavere Smith, actor, playwright and activist, ... She has also earned critical acclaim for her one-woman shows. The latest, “Notes From the Field,” recently aired on HBO.

Anna Deavere Smith takes on ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ in new show Anna Deavere Smith in San Francisco on July 16, 2015. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times) ...

For Anna Deavere Smith, actress and path-breaking performance artist, Baltimore is home. After the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, the city became a sadly appropriate setting for Smith to tackle ...

Created, written and performed by the multitalented Anna Deavere Smith, Notes From the Field is a one-woman show that compiles over 250 interviews exploring the school-to-prison pipeline and its ...

Over 30 years after the Los Angeles uprising following the Rodney King verdict, Anna Deavere Smith has reimagined her once one-woman, now ensemble play, “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.”The show explores ...

Anna Deavere Smith puts a personal face on death _ and dying _ in "Let Me Down Easy," her remarkable new one-woman show at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre. Don't be put off by the subject matter.

Smith students, faculty and staff are invited to celebrate the successful culmination of Smith’s Women for the World campaign Saturday, March 4, with a day of open houses, a festive all-college ...

Anna Deavere Smith's play is coming to the small screen today. — -- Anna Deavere Smith grew up on Bentalou Street in Baltimore. "I wouldn't call it West," she told ABC News, referring to ...

Writer, performer and professor Anna Deavere Smith says the U.S. is on the verge of a new civil rights movement. And, she says, the theater might help get people involved. That's one of the goals ...