Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 at Rubicon Theatre
Dates: 4/27/2022 - 5/15/2022
📍 Theatre: Rubicon Theatre
Rubicon Theatre Company
1006 E. Main Street
Ventura, CA 93001
Phone: 805-667-2900
Tickets: $30 - $69.50
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The production premieres on the 30th anniversary of the day the verdict was announced in an East Ventura County courtroom in the Rodney King Trial, triggering the LA. Riots - one of the largest social explosions of the 20th century. Lauded as a masterpiece on Broadway (Newsweek), the play goes directly to the heart of issues of race and class and is equal parts meticulously researched reportage and a stirring cry for reform.One moment can change the course of history. On April 29, 1992, at 3:15 p.m., in Simi Valley, four police officers were acquitted of any wrongdoing after having been caught on video brutally beating and kicking Rodney King, an African-American motorist who had resisted arrest, long after he had been subdued. Within hours, South Central L.A. erupted in what has been described alternately as the riots, the uprising, and the revolution.Protestors blocked freeway traffic, attacked motorists, wrecked and looted numerous downtown stores and buildings and set hundreds of fires. More than 50 people were killed, more than 2,300 were injured. Thousands were arrested. Property damages totaled more than $1 billion. In the aftermath, playwright, scholar and actor Anna Deavere Smith interviewed hundreds of people to try to understand the complex issues that fueled the flames. She fused the varied accounts of what happened into an unforgettable theatrical experience that became TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992.
Ages: Mature - 18+
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Ages: Mature - 18+
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BWW Feature: TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES at Rubicon Theatre
April 25, 2022 NAACP, Garland and Ovation Award-winning actor Chris Butler plays 36 different roles in Rubicon Theatre Company’s production of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith. The production begins previews on April 27 and opens on April 29, the 30th anniversary, to the day, of the announcement of the verdict in the Rodney King Trial and what was then called the L.A. Riots.About the Theatre
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