Over thirty years after the Los Angeles uprising following the Rodney King verdict, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 continues to be a potent experience, now for a new generation of audiences. A powerful piece of living record, Twilight is a stunning and seminal play that explores the devastating human impact of the five days of uprising following the Rodney King verdict. From nine months of over 300 interviews conducted during the year following the uprising, playwright and scholar Anna Deavere Smith crafted a play that goes directly to the heart of the issues of race and class. Twilight offers stark insight into the complex and pressing social, economic, and political issues that fueled the flames in the wake of the verdict and ignited a conversation about policing and race that continues today.

When this drama premiered shortly after the uprisings, the LA Times called it “the most comprehensive literary response” that channeled “the cacophony of voices at the city’s heart.” Anna Deavere Smith’s (perhaps best-known as an actress from shows like The West Wing, Nurse Jackie, For the People) one-person masterpiece continues to reverberate in the context of our current times.

Jobsite Artistic Associate and nationally-recognized spoken word artist Andresia Moseley breathes new life into Smith’s script, taking on over two dozen perspectives including victims, their families, witnesses, law enforcement, politicians, celebrities, and activists.

A “living newspaper,” Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 doesn’t take sides or offer solutions to the complicated, fraught issues but instead presents the consequences from that moment, leaving it in the hands of the audience to consider.