Jefferson Lecture: Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith, an actress, playwright, professor, and 2012 National Humanities Medal winner, will deliver the 2015 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the lecture is among the highest honors the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities.

In her lecture, titled “On the Road: A Search for American Character,” Smith will discuss and perform excerpts from her ongoing documentary theater project, begun in the early 1980s, of transforming the words of ordinary people into dramatic monologue.

Tickets to the lecture are free of charge and will be available in mid-March through the NEH website (www.NEH.gov). Check www.NEH.gov for further details or sign up online to receive an update when tickets for the 2015 Jefferson Lecture become available.