Actress on NPR who did multiple accents/ one woman story
January 25, 2015 12:58 PM Subscribe
During around 2002 or 2003, I heard an interview on NPR, and the woman embodied several women in one. I kinda also think a woman did this around her work in Katrina as well, she interviews multiple people and then acts out what they say in a play.
What I am talking about is a women who invoked women of different backgrounds and nationalities, I think this took place, or the characters rather were based in New York city. It was very fascinating. It could have been on fresh air, not sure.
From your description, I think that you are referring to the play Bridge and Tunnel. The actor and playwright has been on NPR several times, and did discuss this particular play on NPR. Sarah Jones has had other subsequent plays, but I will let you use google since I'm not sure which subsequent play/plays you are looking for.
posted by Wolfster at 1:17 PM on January 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Wolfster at 1:17 PM on January 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
It's probably not Miranda July performing parts of "It Chooses You" on Selected Shorts, in which she reenacts interviews she did with people about the for-sale ads they placed in the PennySaver, but you might enjoy that anyway.
posted by Flannery Culp at 1:31 PM on January 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Flannery Culp at 1:31 PM on January 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
I immediately thought of Sarah Jones' Bridge and Tunnel too.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 1:36 PM on January 25, 2015
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 1:36 PM on January 25, 2015
Seconding Anna Deavere Smith.
posted by augustimagination at 2:31 PM on January 25, 2015
posted by augustimagination at 2:31 PM on January 25, 2015
Nthing Anna Deavere Smith. You might also have heard something about Fires in the Mirror.
posted by ourobouros at 3:41 PM on January 25, 2015
posted by ourobouros at 3:41 PM on January 25, 2015
If your answer is Anna Deavere Smith, you might be interested in this, from Brain Pickings:
How to Listen Between the Lines: Anna Deavere Smith on the Art of Listening in a Culture of Speaking.
posted by MonkeyToes at 7:27 AM on January 29, 2015
How to Listen Between the Lines: Anna Deavere Smith on the Art of Listening in a Culture of Speaking.
posted by MonkeyToes at 7:27 AM on January 29, 2015
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