Clybourne Park
by Bruce Norris
September 11 - 27, 2015
Act One takes place in 1959, as nervous community leaders anxiously try to stop the sale of a home to an African American family. Act Two is set in the same house in 2009, as the now predominantly African American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification.
This play written as a spin-off to Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun (1959). 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.
The Philadelphia Inqurier claimed, "A remarkably skillful cast directed by Edward Sobel creates characters that flirt with stereotypes, but become real and believable...This is a bitter satire that makes us laugh while it indicts us."
Photography by Susannah Smitherman
Cast
Russ/Dan
Chris Hermening
Bev/Kathy
Kim Glover
Francine/Lena
Adriane McLean
Jim/Tom/Kenneth
Aaron Barry
Karl/Steve
Jacob Moore
Betsy/Lindsey
Abby Dandy
Production Staff
Director
Lysander Abadia
Assistant Director
E. Wayne Worley
Stage Manager
Karen Gibson
ASM/Projections
Megan Gardner
Set Design
Ron Lindblom
Lighting Design
Ginny Adams
Costume Design
Jennifer McKee