by Paula Kaplan-Reiss Lorraine Hansberry, the first black woman to have a play on Broadway in 1959, wrote A Raisin in the Sun, depicting a poor black family on the Southside of Chicago, wrestling with how to spend a $10,000 life insurance check left by the late Walter Lee Younger,…
AUDITION ANNOUNCMENTA Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry Directed by Aaron Moore AUDITION DATES: November 18th and 19th, 2024SIGN IN: 6:30pm. Auditions begin at 7:00pmAUDITION LOCATION: Sand Lake Center for the Arts. 2880 NY 43, Averill Park NY 12018 Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. All auditioners…
by Macey Levin When entering the Sharon Playhouse to see Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 classic A Raisin in the Sun the audience is guided to stairs leading up to the stage. Seating is on four bleachers toward the rear of the stage and the set occupies the rest of the playing…
We are accepting video submissions from Equity and Non-Equity performers for our 2022 season!!! The season is operating under the Equity SPT contract (Category 6, $523 weekly minimum + pension/health) and video submissions are due by March 18th. To ensure that The Sharon Playhouse continues to foster a safe and inclusive working environment…
by Barbara Waldinger What is the purpose of producing a classic play that has already been revived many times onstage and on film? Some people say that it’s to give a new generation of theatregoers the opportunity to see an important work. Others insist that it’s to give a director…
ELLEN BARKIN, ANDRÉ BRAUGHER, PRISCILLA LOPEZ, THOMAS SADOSKI, BERNARD WHITE, JOBETH WILLIAMS, AND MORE JOIN LINEUP ADVANCE SINGLE TICKET RESERVATIONS NOW AVAILABLE New York, NY (April 12, 2019) – Williamstown Theatre Festival (Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Director) announced today additional casting for the 2019 summer season, including Ellen Barkin, André Braugher, Priscilla Lopez,Thomas Sadoski, Bernard White, JoBeth Williams, and…
A RAISIN IN THE SUN By Lorraine Hansberry Directed by Robert O’Hara Featuring Francois Battiste and S. Epatha Merkerson Lorraine Hansberry’s fearless interrogation of hope in the face of racial and economic strife in America is as powerful today as when it premiered 60 years ago on Broadway. JUNE 25 – JULY 13 | MAIN…
In the course of this two hour play you will meet just about every human prejudice that exists in America today.
