The Watts Tower Project (Library Edition Audio CDs)

Roger Guenveur Smith

3.5

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9781580813693: The Watts Tower Project (Library Edition Audio CDs)

ISBN 10: 1580813690 ISBN 13: 9781580813693

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works, 2007

Smith's edgy and funny The Watts Towers Project focuses on Simon Rodia, the Italian immigrant who spent 33 years building his towers - only to walk away from them, never to return. Smith blends his own childhood, the life of Rodia, and the last quarter-century of L.A. history to create (in the words of Back Stage West) a "wonderfully eclectic piece."

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Smith's edgy and funny The Watts Tower Project focuses on Simon Rodia, the Italian immigrant who spent 33 years building his towers - only to walk away from them, never to return. Smith blends his own childhood, the life of Rodia, and L.A. history to create a wonderfully eclectic piece.

An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Roger Guenveur Smith.

About the Author:

Roger Guenveur Smith is an actor, writer, and director whose work has been distinguished with the Obie, Peabody, Audelco, Bessie, Helen Hayes, Barrymore, and NAACP Image Awards. He has served as Artist in Residence at the University of California, as NEA/TCG Playwright in Residence at the Mark Taper Forum, and has received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Charleston. Among Roger's many collaborations with director Spike Lee include Malcolm X, Summer of Sam, the telefilm version of A Huey P. Newton Story, and his improvised creation of the stuttering hero Smiley for the Oscar-nominated Do The Right Thing. His eclectic range of screen credits also includes King of New York, Deep Cover, Eve's Bayou, All About the Benjamins, the telefilms Hamlet and The Color of Courage, and the innovative HBO series Oz and K Street .

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