ESU Theatre Department to Present Smart People

With the political rise of Barack Obama in 2007, playwright Lydia Diamond, whose works focus on the social nuances of race, found herself trying to write a play about race, in real time, when that topic was shifting more than she had witnessed in her lifetime. The resulting drama, Smart People, will be presenteith the political rise of Barack Obama in 2007, playwright Lydia Diamond, whose works focus on the social nuances of race, found herself trying to write a play about race, in real time, when that topic was shifting more than she had witnessed in her lifetime. The resulting drama, Smart People, will be presented by East Stroudsburg University's Department of Theatre February 26-29 and March 1. d by East Stroudsburg University's Department of Theatre February 26-29 and March 1.