
Smith discusses how The Epic of Gilgamesh by Yusef Komunyakaa was brought alive unto the stage, with the help of dramaturge Chad Gracia, and relates how he got and started acting. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the saga of a journey across the rifts of life. It's the story of King Gilgamesh's search for significance, which he discovers in brotherly friendship and communal benevolence.