Upcoming Theatrical Production

On Saturday, March 26, at 7pm, the School of Education, the Office of Multicultural Initiatives, the Department of Theatre and Drama, and the Arts in Education Club at Indiana University will present Anna Deveare Smith's play, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, in the School of Education Atrium.
Twilight, Los Angeles, 1992 is a groundbreaking piece of "documentary theatre" that explores the consequences of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, sparked in part by the acquittal of police officers charged with the beating of Rodney King. With its immensely diverse cast of characters, drawn from interviews with real people who experienced the riots, the play presents a balanced, 360 degree look at racial tension in The United States. The New York Times called it "an expression of the eternal search for order in an anarchic world" when the play made its debut, and following nearly unanimous critical praise, the play was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Following last year's successful production of The Laramie Project, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 marks the School of Education's and Office of Multicultural Initiatives second annual collaborative theatrical production and the first to be produced in association with the Theatre Department and the Arts in Education Club at Indiana University. "Through this collaborative effort, the presentation of productions such as The Laramie Project and Twilight are intended to unite the entire IU Bloomington community in discussions of diversity, tolerance and unity," said project faculty advisor Gustave Weltsek of the department of Literacy, Culture and Language Education in the IU School of Education. "The scripts are selected specifically because of their relevance to current socio-cultural trends occurring on campus, Bloomington, and the world at large."
Admission to Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is free, although donations to the Arts in Education Club at Indiana University will be accepted.