A RAISIN IN THE SUN
By Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Carl Cofield
March 13–April 4, 2020
University Theatre, 222 York Street
About A Raisin in the Sun
All performances have been canceled in response to the ongoing challanges posed by COVID-19.
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On the South Side of 1950s Chicago, Lena Younger dreams of using her deceased husband’s insurance money to move her family out of their cramped apartment to a better neighborhood. Her son, Walter Lee, Jr., wants to use it instead to set himself up in business; while her daughter, Beneatha, dreams of medical school. In Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking, defiantly hopeful drama, an African American family’s dreams and conflicts are amplified by external tensions and prejudice in a country on the cusp of change.
A Raisin in the Sun is Yale Rep’s 2019–20 WILL POWER! production. The run includes 10:15AM performances on March 31, April 1, 2, and 3, 2020, available only to high school groups. For information on WILL POWER! performances, please call 203.432.9734 or email yalerep@yale.edu.
Yale Repertory Theatre is supported in part by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development.
