The Raisin Cycle: Beneatha’s Place and Clybourne Park
April 10–June 16
  • The Raisin Cycle: Beneatha’s Place and Clybourne Park
  • Directed by Derrick Sanders
  • Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
  • Beneatha's Place by Kwame Kwei-Armah

Two plays, one American story. Beneatha’s Place and Clybourne Park will be produced in rotating repertory as The Raisin Cycle, using a single company of actors and shared design team, under the direction of Derrick Sanders. In presenting Clybourne Park and Beneatha’s Place side by side, Baltimore Center Stage will explore with its audiences the monumental legacy of A Raisin in the Sun and, through the conversation among these plays, a range of perspectives on the state of race and class in our contemporary communities.

 

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Cast


Creative Team

Jack Magaw
Scenic Designer

Thom Weaver
Lighting Designer

Elisheba Ittoop
Sound Designer

Reggie Ray
Costume Designer

Gregory Bazemore
Hair and Wigs

Evamarii A. Johnson
Voice and Text

Gavin Witt
Production Dramaturg

Tara Rubin
Casting Director

Jeff Kirkman III
Assistant Director

Laura Smith*
Stage Manager

Caitlin Powers
Assistant Stage Manager

Captain Kate Murphy*
Assistant Stage Manager

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association

In the Press

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Reviews
“Beneatha’s Place offers an earnest and piercing perspective on race at a time that theaters are eagerly seeking product with appeal to multi-racial auds.”— Variety
“Has [Kwame Kwei-Armah] pulled it off?? An enthusiastic YES!!!”— BroadwayWorld
“CENTERSTAGE has crafted a surprisingly original and thought-provoking response to Norris’ play.”— MD Theatre Guide
“If Beneatha’s Place were only about responding to Clybourne Park, it would have marginal interest. But the new work, neatly spiced with humor, irony and history lessons, has enough substance in its own right.”— The Baltimore Sun
“superb production… Don’t miss it”— DC Metro Theatre Arts
“A POTENT BALTIMORE PREMIERE… WONDERFULLY WICKED HUMOR”— THE BALTIMORE SUN
“ISN’T MERELY CLEVER—IT’S SMART… EXPLODES THE MODERN DAY HOT AIR BALLOON OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS”— WYPR
“…THOUGHTFUL, BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED ADDITION TO THE LEGACY OF A RAISIN IN THE SUN.”— WYPR
“LET’S HOPE THAT OTHERS ADOPT [KWEI-ARMAH’S] IMPULSE TO KEEP THE TALK FLOWING”— THE WASHINGTON POST
In the News
05.02.13
The New York Times—For Sons of ‘Raisin,’ a Back-to-Back Duel
05.06.13
BBC Front Row—Kwame Kwei-Armah With Mark Lawson on Beneatha's Place
05.07.13
Bmore Media—New Centerstage play rewrites the script on race
04.05.13
The Washington Post—Hansberry’s long shadow in ‘Raisin Cycle’
05.12.13
The Baltimore Sun—Kwame Kwei-Armah keeps his vow to bring Center Stage national exposure
03.02.13
The Boston Globe—‘A Raisin in the Sun’ inspires spinoffs and debate