Event

A Raisin in the Sun

The Renaissance Project (TRP), south DeKalb's community theater, opens its 10th season with Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun."

The Washington Post hails it as one of the handful of great American plays it belongs in the inner circle, along with "Death of a Salesman," "Long Days Journey Into Night" and "The Glass Menagerie." "A Raisin in the Sun" is the story of a family living and struggling on Chicago's South Side in the 1950s. It is a fiercely moving portrait of people whose hopes and dreams are constantly deferred.

The production, directed by Shea Fleming, boasts an ensemble of five men, three women and one child. The company includes Diva Tyler Crichlow as Lena Younger (Mama),Tasia Grant as Ruth Younger, Lewon Johnson as Joseph Asagai, Michael Jones as George Murchison, Kamil McFadden as Travis Younger, Kevin Nichols as Walter Lee Younger (Brother), Mystie Smith as Beneatha Younger, Edward Tucker as Bobo, and Erick Westlake as Karl Lindner.