The Hit Broadway Stageplay "A Raisin in the Sun"

The acclaimed Broadway production comes to the Walker Theater!
Now —some 50 years later— A Raisin in the Sun is every bit as potent, poignant and intrepid in this triumphant revival directed by Ashley Garrett.

A life insurance policy becomes a catalyst that will forever transform the lives of an African-American family living on the south side of Chicago, as they consider buying their family'sfirst home. 

Their shared dream of a better life collides with conflicting aspirations, betrayal, and racism.

This classic shines an unflinching spotlight on America's struggle to overcome its past. It pays tribute to those courageous enough to shape a future filled with an abiding faith in the fundamental decency and unlimited capacity of the human spirit.In a Chicago tenement in the 1950s, Lena Younger and her children, Walter and Beneatha, each hope for a better life in this moving and inspiring play. For Beneatha, that means higher education; Walter sets out to start his own business; and Lena refuses to allow her dream of owning a home to die at the hands of bigoted neighbors.