http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/playwright 2008-07-19T20:31:58Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44651-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-2-2 2008-07-19T20:31:58Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0-g7iohe7ew&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0-g7iohe7ew&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44651-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-2-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51071" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Acclaimed Actor and Playwright Anna Deavere Smith on Art in a Time of War</p> <p>Anna Deavere Smith has been hailed as the most exciting individual in American theater. She has won numerous awards, including two Obies, several Tony nominations and a MacArthur genius grant. She is best known for two plays examining race relations: Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. Her latest solo show is called Let Me Down Easy. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44651-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-2-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44652-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-1-2 2008-07-19T20:31:58Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Li5cQiZxNlU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Li5cQiZxNlU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44652-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-1-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51072" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Acclaimed Actor and Playwright Anna Deavere Smith on Art in a Time of War</p> <p>Anna Deavere Smith has been hailed as the most exciting individual in American theater. She has won numerous awards, including two Obies, several Tony nominations and a MacArthur genius grant. She is best known for two plays examining race relations: Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. Her latest solo show is called Let Me Down Easy. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44652-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-1-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30068-charlie-rose-greenroom-jon-robin-baitz 2008-06-08T03:30:34Z Charlie Rose <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kbtdFkY9RAc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kbtdFkY9RAc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30068-charlie-rose-greenroom-jon-robin-baitz"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32383" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In Charlie's Green Room with playwright John Robin Baitz</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30068-charlie-rose-greenroom-jon-robin-baitz">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19692-theatre-audiences-examine-middle-east-peace-26-nov-07 2008-06-14T09:34:27Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lSUJMQTGIyc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lSUJMQTGIyc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/19692-theatre-audiences-examine-middle-east-peace-26-nov-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/19364" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>New York theatregoers have been enthusiastic about a play by an Israeli playwright about three Palestinian brothers which features a post-show discussion between the audience and Middle East experts.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's John Terret looks at the play which is proving a surprise hit.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/19692-theatre-audiences-examine-middle-east-peace-26-nov-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9558-sarah-jones-hightlights 2008-09-05T22:43:16Z christophersprinkle <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NgEMRJjxm2I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NgEMRJjxm2I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9558-sarah-jones-hightlights"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9683" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The remarkably talented and wonderfully inspiring Sarah Jones is a Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright, actress and poet who has been described by The New Yorker as a “multicultural mynah bird who lays our mongrel nation before us with gorgeous, pitch-perfect impersonations of the rarely heard or dramatized.” The Nation put her into rare company alongside Anna Deavere Smith, Danny Hoch and Lily Tomlin, describing the four as “virtuosic mimics and also penetrating social critics who use themselves as documentary cameras and editorializing mirrors.” She has created works commissioned by Equality Now, the National Immigration Forum, and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and she has performed for the United Nations. As well, she received an NYCLU Calloway Award for recognition of Jones as the first artist in history to sue the Federal Communications Commission for censorship.</p> <p>She makes art that entertains, questions, and impacts her audience. She uses the tools she’s been given to shine light on individuals whose lives are normally kept hidden. Through her, we’re shown new worlds. </p> </div> <a href="/blog/9558-sarah-jones-hightlights">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7162-riz-khan-women-in-iraq-war-02-may-07 2008-06-06T15:35:23Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LnqLMoHUStU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LnqLMoHUStU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7162-riz-khan-women-in-iraq-war-02-may-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6442" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Riz Khan looks at war through the eyes of women caught in the crossfire, talking to playwright and actor Heather Raffo.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7162-riz-khan-women-in-iraq-war-02-may-07">Watch the video</a>