SMART PEOPLE by Lydia R. Diamond, directed by Seema Sueko

Thu Dec 09 2021 at 07:30 pm to Sun Dec 12 2021 at 04:30 pm

Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre | Washington

The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design @ GW
Publisher/HostThe Corcoran School of the Arts and Design @ GW
SMART PEOPLE by Lydia R. Diamond, directed by Seema Sueko
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SMART PEOPLE by Lydia R. Diamond, directed by Seema Sueko
About this Event

Nature vs Nurture - Is it in our genes or did we learn it? A surgeon, an actress, a psychologist, and a neuro-psychiatrist tackle the human brain and how it responds to race, just days before Obama wins the White House. And while they are at it, these Smart People also search for love, success, and identity…come see how smart they really are.

Lydia R. Diamond, Playwright

Lydia R. Diamond's award-winning plays include: Smart People, Stick Fly, Voyeurs de Venus, The Bluest Eye, The Gift Horse, Harriet Jacobs, andThe Inside and Stage Black. Theatres include: Arena Stage, Cort Theatre (Broadway), Chicago Dramatists, Company One, Congo Square, Goodman, Hartford Stage, Huntington, Jubilee, Kansas City Rep, Long Wharf, Lorraine Hansberry, McCarter, Mo’Olelo, MPAACT, New Vic, Playmakers Rep, Plowshares, Second Stage, Steppenwolf, and TrueColors. Commissions include: Arena Stage, Steppenwolf (4), McCarter, Huntington, Center Stage, Victory Gardens and The Roundabout.

A recipient of many playwriting awards, Lydia was also an ’05/’06 W.E.B. Du Bois Institute non-resident Fellow, a 2007 TCG/NEA Playwright in Residence at Steppenwolf, an 06/07 Huntington Playwright Fellow and a 2012 Sundance Institute Playwright Lab Creative Advisor. She is a Board Member at Chicago Dramatists and a 2012/2013 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.

Lydia is a Northwestern University graduate (’91), has an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Pine Manor College, and was the 2013-14 Playwright in Residence at Arena Stage.



Seema Sueko, Director

Seema Sueko grew up in Honolulu, with a Pakistani father and Japanese American mother. Conversations about the arts, politics and community wove through her upbringing, stitching the tapestry of her core belief: Theater is transformative and can contribute to building successful communities when we intentionally activate this art form for the public benefit. Now based in the Washington, D.C. region, Seema directs stage, film, consensus organizing and R&D projects and productions for theaters, think tanks, and the greater good.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, 800 21st St NW, Washington, United States

Tickets

USD 10.00 to USD 20.00

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