Anna Deavere Smith may be most famous for her recurring role as Gloria Akalitus, the prickly hospital administrator on Showtime’s Nurse Jackie. But she’s most treasured for the theater pieces she’s written and performed over the last couple decades. Covering subjects like the riots in Crown Heights, Brooklyn (Fires in the Mirror, 1992), and South Central LA (Twilight: Los Angeles, 1994), Smith’s one-woman, multicharacter shows are built around people she’s interviewed, using the words they spoke.
“So what I’d like the audience to do is think about where it is in their life—or not,” Smith says. “And more importantly, can they contribute it to a given situation?
Tue 1/21, 7:30 PM Harris Theater for Music and Dance 205 E. Randolph 312-334-7777harristheaterchicago.org $10-$25
