Invictus Theatre Company announced the cast and production team for the second production of its first full season: the seminal drama, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry.
Hansberry’s drama of an African-American family living on Chicago’s South Side in the 1950s will run Feb. 13-March 15 on the Buena stage of the Pride Arts Center, 4147 N. Broadway, and will be directed by Aaron Reese Boseman, co-founder and artistic director of PULSE Theatre Chicago.
Boseman’s cast will include Cheryl Frazier (who plays Lena Younger), Michael Lewis (Walter Lee Younger), Nyajai Ellison (Ruth Younger), Ashley Joy (Beneatha Younger), Keith Surney (George Murchison), Jo Schaffer (Joseph Asagai), Nelson Simmons (Travis Younger), Lewis Jones (Bobo), Courtney Gardner (Mrs. Johnson) and Jake Busse (Karl Lindner).
The production/design team includes Kevin Rolfs (Set/Properties Designer), Rueben Echoles (Costume Designer), Warren Levon (Sound Designer), Michael J. Wright (Lighting Designer), Glenn Thompson (Fight/Intimacy Choreographer), Kristen Glover (Movement Choreographer), Christie Chiles Twillie (Composer), Ian R. Q. Slater (Dialect Coach), Arlicia McClain (Stage Manager), Kate McDuffie (Associate Stage Manager), Charles Askenaizer (Production Manager, Artistic Director).
Tickets are $15-$25 each; visit http://InvictusTheatreCo.com.