Lorraine Hansberry
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Black History Month
Black History Month: Focus on Illinois (SCPL)
Chicago Style
February 2026 | Theater Display (All the World's a Stage)
Black History Month: Focus on Illinois (SCPL)
Chicago Style
February 2026 | Theater Display (All the World's a Stage)
Description
When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever."
Series
Language
English
Description
Members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money.