Twilight: Los Angeles is a docudrama about the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. Author and performer Anna Deveare Smith interviewed 35 people about their experiences during the riots and recorded their observations. She then performed the interviews playing all of the roles.
Tropes used in Twilight: Los Angeles include:
- Audience Monologue: All of the interviews are monologues.
- Crosscast Role:
- Loads and Loads of Characters
- Loads and Loads of Roles
- Powder Keg Crowd
- Race Lift: Although people of many different races were interviewed, there was only one performer.
- Ripped from the Headlines
- You ALL Share My Story: This is the connecting point of the piece because it is about the experiences each person had during the riots.
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