A Raisin in the Sun

Set on Chicago’s South Side, Lorraine Hansberry’s celebrated play concerns the divergent dreams and conflicts in three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis and matriarch Lena.

After receiving her deceased husband’s insurance money, Mama Lena dreams of moving to a new home and a better neighborhood in Chicago; however, Walter Lee, a chauffeur, has other plans.

Hansberry’s portrait of one family’s struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world is a searing and timeless document of hope and inspiration.