A Raisin In The Sun January 12, 2008

A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry's landmark classic that "changed the face of American theatre forever," is scheduled to take the stage of the Boyd Vance Theatre at the Carver Musuem. After performing to rave reveiws in Dallas, the Sankofa Players are taking their production on the road to Austin.
The Tony Award-winning A Raisin in the Sun tells the story of the Younger family living and struggling on Chicago's South Side in the 1950s when their lives are turn upside after recieve a large insurance cash payout. A fiercely moving portrait of people whose
hopes and dreams are constantly deferred, Ms. Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun was the first play written by an African American woman to be
produced on Broadway. It premiered in 1959 with a cast that included Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and Louis Gossett Jr. The critically acclaimed work was honored with the 1959 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best American play.
A Raisin in the Sun will have two performances on Saturday, January 12, 2008, in the Boyd Vance Theatre at the George Washington Carver Museum, located at 1165 Angelina St. There is a matinee performance
at 2:30 PM and an evening performance at 7:00PM. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door and are available at Mitchie’s Gallery,locatd in the Lincoln Village Shopping Center at 6406 N. IH 35, Suite # 2800, 512.323.6901.

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