Downtown Dialogues: Season 5: Episode 1: A RAISIN IN THE SUN

Downtown Dialogues is a live video podcast that takes a behind-the-scenes look at different plays and their themes produced by Theatrical Outfit - Atlanta's Downtown Theatre. GUESTS: - Robert John Connor - Director of RAISIN - Ashley Cleveland - Assistant Director of RAISIN HOST: Addae Moon (Associate Artistic Director at Theatrical Outfit) Music Credit: Raro Bueno by Chuzauzen & Hallon by Christian Bjoerklund About A RAISIN IN THE SUN: Lorraine Hansberry’s A RAISIN IN THE SUN comes to Atlanta with a fresh look at an American classic that proves to be as provocative and powerful today as it was in 1959. Lena Younger has decided to use her late husband’s life insurance to move her family out of their cramped apartment on Chicago’s South Side. Her son, Walter Lee, has other ideas. This powerful new co-production fearlessly interrogates the American dream in the face of racial and economic strife.