Classic Masterpiece
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
by Lorraine Hansberry
1959 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1960 Tony Award for Best Play
May 8-24, 2025
Broadway Theatre Center | Cabot Theatre
Directed by TBA
Featuring N’Jameh Camara, Dimonte Henning, Ethan Hightire, and more to be announced
Designed and created by Emily Marie Wilke, Trinae Williams-Henning, and more to be announced
What happens to a dream deferred?
Lorraine Hansberry’s trailblazing classic—the first play produced on Broadway written by a Black woman and still one of the American theater’s most impactful—follows the Younger family as they wrestle with big dreams in the face of economic hardship and the harsh injustices of discrimination on Chicago’s South Side. With language as lyrical as it is unflinching, A RAISIN IN THE SUN remains a triumphant, deeply human portrait of the determination to build a better life than the one the world is willing to give you, and a powerful reminder that the right to dream belongs to everyone.
Run time: approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission
N'Jameh Camara*
Dimonte Henning*
Ethan Hightire
Single Tickets available beginning in August
KEY DATES + EVENTS
Here2Play: Wednesday, April 14, 6:00-8:00pm, location TBA
Preview: Friday, May 8 at 7:30 pm
Opening: Saturday, May 9 at 8 pm
Pay What You Choose: Monday, May 11 at 7:30 pm, walk-up tickets available starting one hour before the show
Talkbacks: Thursdays, May 14 and May 21 following the 7:30 pm performances
SipStudio: Saturday, May 16, open to attendees of that day's matinee and evening performances
Understudy Performance: Tuesdat, May 19 at 7:30 pm
Walter Lee Younger
Ruth Younger
TBA
Stage Manager
Dimonte Henning*
N'Jameh Camara*
Ethan Hightire
Emily Marie Wilke*
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Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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