House Arrest A Search for American Character in and Around the White House, Past and Present ; And Piano Two Plays

Anna Deavere Smith is an actor, a teacher, a playwright, and the creator of an acclaimed series of one-woman plays based on her interviews with diverse voices from communities in crisis. She has won two Obie Awards, two Tony nominations for her playTwilight: Los Angeles, 1992, and a MacArthur Fellowship, and she was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her playFires in the Mirror. She has had roles in the filmsPhiladelphia,An American President, andThe Human Stain, and she has worked in television on The Practice,Presidio Med, andThe West Wing. She is the founder and director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue and is a University Professor at New York University, with an appointment in the Tisch School of the Arts and an affiliation with the School of Law.Smith, Anna Deavere is the author of 'House Arrest A Search for American Character in and Around the White House, Past and Present ; And Piano Two Plays' with ISBN 9781400033577 and ISBN 1400033578.