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Beloved American Classic

A Raisin in the Sun

  • Credits

    By Lorraine Hansberry

    Directed by Tazewell Thompson

The play that "changed American theater forever."

- New York Times

Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking masterpiece follows the Younger family yearning for a better life far from the cramped confines of their Chicago tenement. Hope arrives in the form of an unexpected financial windfall, but when they realize they have differing definitions of the American dream, which dreams get realized and which deferred? A Raisin in the Sun paints the African-American experience in brilliant and powerful strokes, as vibrant and vital today as they were in 1959.

A Raisin in the Sun is generously sponsored by Altria.
Additional support is provided by Sheila Stampfli and JMA.

Cast

WILL COBBS

Walter Lee Younger

EMMANUEL EPONGO JR.

Travis Younger Understudy

JEREMIAH HASTY

Travis Younger

BRIT HERRING

Karl Lindner Replacement

VALEKA J. HOLT

Ruth Younger Understudy and Replacement

JOY JONES

Beneatha Younger

MACK LEAMON

Bobo

LIZAN MITCHELL

Lena Younger

THOMAS ADRIAN SIMPSON

Karl Lindner

KEITH L. ROYAL SMITH

George Murchison

DAWN URSULA

Ruth Younger

BUEKA UWEMEDIMO

Joseph Asagai / Fight Captain

Creative

LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Playwright

TAZEWELL THOMPSON

Director

DONALD EASTMAN

Set Designer

HARRY NADAL

Costume Designer

ROBERT WIERZEL

Lighting Designer

FABIAN OBISPO

Original Composition / Sound Designer

ANNE NESMITH

Wig Designer

LEWIS SHAW

Fight Director

GARY LOGAN

Vocal Coach

LIZ WOODMAN, CSA

New York Casting

CHRISTI B. SPANN

Stage Manager

MARNE ANDERSON

Assistant Stage Manager / Replacement Stage Manager

RACHAEL DANIELLE ALBERT

Replacement Assistant Stage Manager

Multimedia

Photo of Dawn Ursula and Will Cobbs by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Jeremiah Hasty and Dawn Ursula by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Joy Jones and Lizan Mitchell by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Will Cobbs and Jeremiah Hasty by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Lizan Mitchell and Joy Jones by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Will Cobbs and Dawn Ursula by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Will Cobbs and Lizan Mitchell by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Bueka Uwemedimo and Joy Jones by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Will Cobbs, Joy Jones and Dawn Ursula by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Will Cobbs and Jeremiah Hasty by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Lizan Mitchell by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Jeremiah Hasty, Lizan Mitchell and Joy Jones by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Joy Jones and Lizan Mitchell by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Keith L. Royal Smith and Joy Jones by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Thomas Adrian Simpson, Joy Jones, Will Cobbs and Dawn Ursula by C. Stanley Photography.
Photo of Dawn Ursula, Will Cobbs and Mack Leamon by C. Stanley Photography.