This adaptation condenses some monologues and drops others entirely. Its official press opening was on May 12, Jan 21, Pages. Smith interviewed leading politicians, writers, musicians, religious leaders, and intellectuals together with residents of Crown Heights and participants in the disturbances to craft the monologues of her play. Well-known African-American New York activist and minister. She also spent many days among people, Jewish and black, from the area, recording their accounts, perceptions, fears and hopes. It is considered a pioneering example of the genre ssmith as verbatim theatre. Lubavitcher youth and member of project CURE, 17 years old at the time of the rioting and worked as mirrot assistant chaplain at Kings County Hospital. The play is a series of monologues attained from interviews Anna Deavere Smith did with people involved in the Crown Heights crisis. Anonymous Young Man 2: The show got a special post-football sendoff and [ No cleanup reason has been specified. Mar 4, Written by Anna Deavere and performed by Philicia Saunders, Fires in the Mirror explores race, identity in the aftermath of the Crown Heights.įires in the Mirror is a collection of multiple voices and points of view. Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities. Dramatists Play Service Inc, – Drama – pages.
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