A Raisin in the Sun
September 30 - October 30, 2016
Bagley Wright Theater
In Lorraine Hansberry’s classic, which inspired Seattle Rep’s recent production of Clybourne Park, African American Lena Younger lives with her extended family in a cramped apartment on Chicago’s South Side. On their unknowing behalf, she places a down payment on a home in Clybourne Park—an affordable white neighborhood. Racial intolerance attempts to derail the family’s dreams in this 1959 masterpiece, which “changed American theater forever” (New York Times) and continues to resonate with generation after generation.
Cast and Production
Cast
Lena Younger
Denise Burse
Travis Younger
Jalani Clemmons
Travis Younger
Catalino Manalang
George Murchison
Tré Cotton
Bobo
Tré Cotton
Bobo
Andrew Lee Creech
Ruth Younger
Mia Ellis
Moving Man
Brace Evans
Moving Man
Anthony Simmons
Joseph Asagai
Ricardy Charles Fabre
Karl Lindner
Charles Leggett
Beneatha Younger
Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako
Walter Lee Younger
Richard Prioleau
Production
Scenic Designer
Michael Ganio
Costume Designer
Melanie Taylor Burgess
Lighting Designer
Robert J. Aguilar
Sound Designer
Matt Starritt
Fight Director
Geoffrey Alm
Dialect Coach
Alyssa Keene
Dramaturg
Kristin Leahey, Ph. D.
Script Consultant
Joi Gresham
Stage Manager
Stina Lotti
Assistant Stage Manager
Jessica C. Bomball
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