Anna Deavere Smith has won numerous awards, among them two Obies, two Tony nominations and a MacArthur fellowship. She was runner up for the Pulitzer Prize for her play Fires In the Mirror. Most recently Smith ended a successful New York run of her newest one-woman play Let Me Down Easy. Let Me Down Easy is a part of her “On The Road: A Search For American Character” series. The series was created in 1981, and it explores American character and our multifaceted cultural identity. This series is her core creative and intellectual enterprise. It has taken Smith to environments as diverse as Los Angeles following the 1992 riots, Crown Heights Brooklyn, to portray tensions between Blacks and Jews, both the Republican and Democratic Presidential campaigns in 1996 and the Clinton White House. For the latest play in the series, Let Me Down Easy, she did interviews on three continents. Currently she appears as hospital administrator Gloria Akalitus on Showtime’s new hit show “Nurse Jackie”. She was National Security advisor Nancy McNally on “The West Wing”. She was a series regular on “Presidio Med”, and appeared on “The Practice”. Films include Rachel Getting Married, The American President, Philadelphia, The Human Stain, Life Support, and Dave. Her books include Talk To Me and Letters to A Young Artist. She is founding director of Artists Without Boundaries, a center for artistic excellence that addresses social change. She is Artist in Residence at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. She is a professor at New York University. She is the recipient of many honorary degrees including those from Juilliard, Barnard, Northwestern, and Wesleyan.   External Links: Live at the Lortel Podcast Playwrights' Sidewalk: Anna Deavere Smith has a star on the Playwrights' Sidewalk.

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	Twilight: Los Angeles 1992	Pershing Square Signature Center/ Irene Diamond Stage	10/12/2021	Playwright
2	Twilight: Los Angeles 1992	Pershing Square Signature Center/ Irene Diamond Stage	10/12/2021	Conceiver
3	Fires in the Mirror	Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre	11/11/2019	Playwright
4	Notes From the Field	Second Stage Theatre	11/02/2016	Playwright
5	Notes From the Field	Second Stage Theatre	11/02/2016	Creator
6	Let Me Down Easy	Second Stage Theatre	10/07/2009	Playwright
7	Let Me Down Easy	Second Stage Theatre	10/07/2009	Conceiver
8	House Arrest	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	03/27/2000	Playwright
9	Twilight: Los Angeles 1992	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	03/23/1994	Playwright
10	Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Susan Stein Shiva Theater	05/01/1992	Author

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	Notes From the Field	Second Stage Theatre	11/02/2016	Performer
2	Let Me Down Easy	Second Stage Theatre	10/07/2009	N/A
3	House Arrest	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	03/27/2000	All
4	Twilight: Los Angeles 1992	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	03/23/1994	N/A
5	Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Susan Stein Shiva Theater	05/01/1992	All
6	Mother Courage and Her Children	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	05/13/1980	Kiowa Woman/Child
7	Mother Courage and Her Children	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater	05/13/1980	Katie/Mestivo Woman/Farm Woman (Understudy)

		Award	Production	Function
1	WON	2022 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	Twilight: Los Angeles 1992	Playwright
2	NOMINATED	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival	Fires in the Mirror	Playwright
3	WON	2020 Lucille Lortel Award, Playwrights' Sidewalk Inductee
4	WON	2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play	Fires in the Mirror	Playwright
5	WON	2017 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Solo Show	Notes From the Field	Playwright
			Notes From the Field	Creator
			Notes From the Field	Actor
6	NOMINATED	2017 AUDELCO Award, Solo Performance	Notes From the Field	Playwright
			Notes From the Field	Actor
7	NOMINATED	2017 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Solo Performance	Notes From the Field	Actor
8	WON	2017 Obie Award, Special Citation	Notes From the Field	Playwright
			Notes From the Field	Creator
9	NOMINATED	2010 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Solo Show	Let Me Down Easy	Actor
			Let Me Down Easy	Playwright
10	NOMINATED	2010 AUDELCO Award, Solo Performance	Let Me Down Easy	Actor
11	NOMINATED	2010 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Solo Performance	Let Me Down Easy	Actor
12	NOMINATED	2010 Drama League Award, Distinguished Performance
13	NOMINATED	2010 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Solo Performance	Let Me Down Easy	Actor
14	WON	2010 uAward	Let Me Down Easy	Actor
15	WON	1994 Drama Critics' Circle Award, Special Citation	Twilight: Los Angeles 1992	Playwright
16	WON	1994 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Solo Performance	Twilight: Los Angeles 1992	Actor
17	WON	1994 Obie Award, Best Play	Twilight: Los Angeles 1992	Playwright
18	WON	1994 Theatre World Award	Twilight: Los Angeles 1992	Actor
19	WON	1993 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Actress	Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities	Author
20	WON	1993 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Solo Performance	Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities	Actor
21	WON	1992 Obie Award, Special Citation	Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities	Actor