July 15-17, 22-24

Rated PG-13

Directed by Gaye Shannon Burnett

Set on Chicago’s South Side, the story revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within the Younger family. When her deceased husband’s insurance money comes through, Mama Lena dreams of moving to a new home and a better neighborhood in Chicago, while her son, Walter Lee, a chauffeur, yearns to buy a liquor store and be his own man, and his sister Beneatha wants to go to medical school. The stakes climb as questions about identity, class, value, race, and love become forefront issues, and outsiders make it impossible to forget the world that the Younger family cannot seem to escape. This family’s heroic struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world is a searing and timeless document of hope and inspiration.

CAST

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RUTH YOUNGER

Nichole Payney

WALTER LEE YOUNGER

Ashley Harris

JOSEPH ASAGAI

Anthony Mitchell

BENEATHA YOUNGER

Raja Mims

LENA (MAMA)

Teresa Moore

BOBO

Anthony Mitchell

GWENDOWLYN

Nichole Collins Payney

MRS JOHNSON

Luann Sick

GEORGE MURCHISON

DeMario Rankin

MR KARL LINDNER

Chris Zayner

TRAVIS YOUNGER

Bralan Reynolds

MOVER 1

TBA

MOVER 2

TBA

CREW

DIRECTOR

Gaye Burnett

STAGE MANAGER

Marquita Reynolds

PRODUCER

Phil Cathoir

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Randy Moore

BACK STAGE CREW

Amari Harris

POSTER DESIGN

Katie Newport>

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