Theater & Dance
A Raisin in the Sun
Dekelboum Concert Hall at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
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- Dekelboum Concert Hall at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center8270 Alumni Drive, Suite 3800 · College Park, MD · 20742
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Performances: Nov 18-21
The Younger family on Chicago’s South Side is holding tight to visions of a brighter future. When a life insurance check arrives, suddenly possibility comes with a price. As each family member reaches for a different dream, they must confront what a better life really means – and what America is willing to share.
Both tender and electrifying, A Raisin in the Sun celebrates Black joy, resilience and family while facing the brutal realities of segregation and discrimination. A landmark of American theater, it made history as the first Broadway play written by an African American woman (Lorraine Hansberry), the first Broadway play directed by an African American man (Lloyd Richards), and the first commercially produced Broadway drama to center Black life. TDPS Associate Professor KenYatta Rogers (director of Stick Fly, Men on Boats , Metamorphoses and Home ) directs this enduring American classic.
Listed by Prince George's Suite (Squarespace) and CitySpark: College Park, MD, gathered by the Alexandria events calendar.