The place: a tenement flat in Southside, Chicago. Raisin had something for everyone, and for this reason it was the recipient of the prestigious New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Martin had mesmerized millions, and integration was seen as the stairway to heaven. From Sacred FireĪ Raisin in the Sun, written by the then twenty-nine-year-old Hansberry, was the "movin’ on up" morality play of the 1960s. You may unsubscribe or update your subscription at any time.“…pivotal play in the history of the American Black theatre.”-Newsweek “…a milestone in the American Theatre.”- Ebony. Our email list is used only to promote Tattered Cover events and news, and your information will never be shared or sold. When you purchase a ticket, or register for an event, you will automatically be added to the Tattered Cover's email subscriber list. ** DISCLAIMER: Event details, signing rules and restrictions are subject to changes beyond our control, and often change up to and during the event. "It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic." "The events of every passing year add resonance to A Raisin in the Sun," said The New York Times. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might "dry up/like a raisin in the sun." Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of black America-and changed American theater forever. "Never before, the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959. Our name was inspired by a quote from Marcus Garvey “We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind”. We are a performance art social enterprise dedicated to elevating the voices whose stories have been untold. Roleplay is Ritual and the Stage is our Sanctuary. It will take place online on Friday March 12th at 6pm MT. This event is virtual and free to the public. In an effort to create dialogue around current social issues, we will begin with a staged reading of "A Raisin in the Sun" and then follow up with a talk back with the actors, director Nicholle Harris, producer Jeff Campbell, and Tattered Cover staff. Tattered Cover and Emancipation Theater present a virtual staged reading of "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry. A Virtual Staged Reading of a Classic American Play
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