Angels in America and Fires in the Mirror

Dear Students
I am updating the blog rather late as I had a nasty flu after New Years day. As you recall in our last session, we will be doing two sessions in one, starting at 5pm.

Tony Kusher's Angels in America will be our first play. See here the trailer of its TV adaptation.

You might find this except of an interwiew, where Kushner talks about his drive to write.

You will get to know more about the playwright and his views by watching this speech at a Commencement cerimony.

You can watch some excepts of this adaptation here:

Chapter I Part I
Chapter I Part II
Chapter I Part III
Chapter I Part IV
Chapter I Part V
Chapter I Part VI

Chapter II Part I
Chapter II Part II

As the piece is quite long, I will not publish it all here, but as you open each link you will see, on on right, a list of all the chapters and parts. You will need many hours to watch the whole series, so it is wise to save the rest for your january break.

The second part of our extended session will be dedicated to playwright and performer Anna Deavere Smith and her first docudrama Firres in the Mirror.

Watch this program to understand her methodology of documentry theatre writing and performing.

Finally this is ADS at Bates College talking about identity and cross-identity encounters, a centerpiece of her work.