Theatre and Dance at Wayne
Beneatha’s Place By Kwame Kwei-Armah
Beneatha’s Place From A Raisin In The Sun
BENEATHA: Mama, Asagai asked me to marry him today and go to Africa. MAMA: He did? You ain't old enough to marry nobody. BENEATHA: To go to Africa! Mama! Be a doctor in Africa! MAMA: (Distracted) Yes, baby. WALTER: Africa! What he want you to go to Africa for? BENEATHA: To practice there...
This is where we last see Beneatha Younger, the intellectual and restless young woman in A Raisin In The Sun. In Beneatha’s Place, she is given new life.
Cast
Breayre Tender Beneatha
(1st year, MFA Acting) BA in Theatre Arts from Fresno State Univeristy. Native of Philadelphia.
E(1rnest Bentley Asagai/Wale year, MFA Acting) Detroit native. BFA from the University of Minnesota. Credits include The Guthrie Theatre st
and The Acting Company.
Shane Nelson
Peter Nelson/Prof. Gary Jacobs
(Senior) BFA Acting Major, WSU credits include Suburbia, Peter Pan, Urinetown: The Musical, and Macbeth, The Zoo Story
Clearie McCarthy Joan Nelson/Dr.Harriet Banks
(Senior) BFA Acting Major
Claudia Walker
Aunty Fola
WSU credits include The Detroit Project’s staged readings at The Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History
Allen Wiseman Daniel Barnes/Prof. Mark Bond (Junior) BFA Acting Major
Sidni Goodman Narrator
(Freshman) WSU credits include The Wiz, Hairspray, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, High School Musical, and others.
Crew Tom Aulino.............................................................................................................................................Director Lyndee Hallahan......................................................................................................Performance Stage Manager Lauren Valice...............................................................................................................Rehearsal Stage Manager Dale Dorlin............................................................................................................................................Publicist Cameron Scott..............................................................................................................................Lighting Design Kelsey Nowak...................................................................................................................Scenic & Sound Design
Director
Tom Aulino
Director
Tom Aulino is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Wayne State. He has performed on Broadway and in off-Broadway theatres, including the Public Theatre, the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, Lincoln Center Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage and Theatre for a New Audience. His regional theatre credits include the Goodman Theatre and Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC, Huntington Theatre in Boston, Kansas City Repertory Theatre and the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT. He received Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award for his performance in Take Me Out at the Steppenwolf Theatre. On television, he has appeared on Law and Order. *Special thanks to Director of The Black Theatre Program, Billicia Charnelle Hines, and the cast of A Raisin In The Sun, and Clybourne Park.
Post-Show Panel Discussion
Sponsored by the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights
Sunday, February 21st at 3:00 p.m. BRENDA BRYANT
Brenda Bryant is currently the Dean of Community Based Learning at Marygrove College and the Executive Director of the Center for Social Justice and Community Engagement.
AZIZI JASPER
Poet, performer, and activist Azizi Jasper was a former panelist for The Detroit Projects at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
QUINDELL MITCHELL
Quindell Mitchell is an artist and graphic designer. He currently owns a graphics company, 5 Ave Designs. His work was recently published on the front page of Metro Times.
GLORIA HOUSE
Gloria House, Ph.D. is Professor of Humanities and African American Studies at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, and former Director of the African and African American Studies Program. She was a student during the Southern Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, and has been engaged in the development of African American communities ever since.
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THE RAISIN CYCLE
Theatre and Dance at Wayne presents The Raisin Cycle, a trilogy based off Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In The Sun. This story of the Younger family has and continues to touch the lives of many Americans, with its legacy and meaning for black America holding true to this day. Help us explore and share this exceptional series of theatre by joining us for all three performances in the most diverse group of theatres the city has to offer.
A Raisin In The Sun
By Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun is a timeless representation of hope and inspiration, of divergent dreams and conflicts within. Three generations of the Younger family face prejudice and racism in the late 1950s. Sacrifice, trust and love triumph as they struggle to retain their dignity in a changing world.
FEB 12 –21
Clybourne Park By Bruce Norris
When a couple sells their home in an all-white neighborhood to a black family, their neighbors express anger and hatred from deep seeded prejudices. Fifty years later, the now all-black neighborhood is trying to hold their ground in the face of gentrification and old racial tensions flare when a white family moves into the same home.
FEB 26–APR 2 PLEASE SEE A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE LOBBY TO SECURE YOUR SEATS!
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