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About the Play
The Pulitzer Prize-winning exploration of race and gentrification.
Story:
In 1959, grieving parents Bev and Russ have to fight with white community leaders who are anxious to try to stop the sale of their home to a black family. In the present day and the same home, a white couple who want to buy, raze and rebuild the house, have to fight the housing board who are working to save the predominantly African-American neighborhood from gentrification.
Fun Fact
The play was written as a spin-off to Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. It portrays fictional events set before and after the Hansberry play, and is loosely based on historical events that took place in the city of Chicago.
Playwright
Bruce Norris
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Walter Kerr Theatre
- Opening Night
- Apr 19, 2012
- Total Performances
- 157
- Original Cast
- Crystal A. Dickinson, Brendan Griffin, Damon Gupton, Christina Kirk, Annie Parisse, Jeremy Shamos, Frank Wood
- Director
- Pam MacKinnon
- Scenic Design
- Daniel Ostling
- Costume Design
- Ilona Somogyi
- Lighting Design
- Allen Lee Hughes
- Sound Design
- John Gromada
Scripts, Videos, Merchandise and More
2011 Pulitzer Prize Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2012 Tony Award Nominations
Best Play
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play – Jeremy Shamos
Best Direction of a Play – Pam MacKinnon
Best Scenic Design of a Play – Daniel Ostling
2012 Theatre World Award Nominations
Crystal A. Dickinson
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