March 7 – April 21, 2013 EXTENDED
A Raisin in the Sun
By LORRAINE HANSBERRY
Directed by WALTER DALLAS
On the F. Otto Haas Stage
In Chicago’s South Side in the early 1950s, a life insurance check sent to the Younger’s home arrives with the promise of change. This African American family then considers buying a house in the all-white Clybourne Park, but conflicting aspirations and a neighborhood’s intolerance threaten the dream’s reality. Walter Dallas (The Piano Lesson, Blue Door) directs this classic drama that paved the way for the African American voice to be heard on stage.
Cast
Segun Akande (Joseph Asagai)
Jaleesa Capri (Beneatha Younger)
Kash Goins (Bobo)
Leonard C. Haas (Karl Lindner)
Joilet F. Harris (Lena Younger)
Yannick Haynes (Travis Younger)
Peterson Townsend (George Murchison)
U.R. (Walter Lee Younger)
Nikki E. Walker (Ruth Younger)
Creative
Director
Walter Dallas
Scenic Designer
Daniel Conway
Costume Designer
Alison Roberts
Lighting Designer
F. Mitchell Dana
Sound Designer
Rob Kaplowitz
Stage Manager
Alec E,. Ferrell