Twilight in Los Angeles, 1992 is Anna Davere Smith’s performance rendition of the people she
interviewed about the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. Tegonni is Femi Osofisan’s adaptation of
Sophocles’ Antigone. Set in the war-torn Yorubaland in late 19th century colonial Nigeria, it
retains Sophocles’ original tension between filial duty and state duty. Osofisan also introduces
interracial romance that intersects with, and interrogates Yoruba traditions and colonial
imperialism.
On April 7, we will conclude “Tegonni.”