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YESTERDAY’S STORIES. TODAY’S TOPICS. From Artistic Director PJ Powers Hansberry v. Lee A Timeline of the a message the history Renaissance and Civil Rights from 1900 to 1955 play ever set in —has career achievement. But they n 1937, Lorraine Hansberry’s sold to black families. Lee felt as much to say now as it did all see their dreams as unnat- Ifather decided to purchase a Hansberry had purchased the 1900 U.S. census records a then. While Hansberry wrote tainable if they remain where new family home in Washing- property in violation of the total population of 76,994,575, during a time that feels distant they currently dwell. ton Park, Chicago. A scholar Property Owners Associa- including a black population of (preceding the Civil Rights 8,833,944 (11.6%). So, why this play again? A and successful business man, tion’s agreement and sued for movement), Chicago was then Carl was an active member $100,000. She won her case “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” elcome to TimeLine’s in the Sun is about our and is now a tale of two cities, of the Chicago chapter of the at the Supreme Court. composed by James Weldon 17th season and community and the ever-shift- W splintered into neighborhoods NAACP and socialized with The case then went to the Johnson and J. Rosamond Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin ing but ever-existing neighbor- with stark contrasts. famous black leaders of the Supreme Court. Johnson, is first performed. It in the Sun. hood barriers that keep it a time such as will become a black anthem. The issues that impact us tale of two cities. It’s a story In what turned out to be a Since we announced this and . 1901 Booker T. Washington’s most are intrinsically tied to about Chicago—then and revolutionary case and verdict, play I’ve been struck by the Up from Slavery is published. where we reside—to where now and hopefully not forever. Hansberry won the case. The number of people who’ve The Hansberrys anticipated Washington becomes the first our real estate is. Be it ram- restrictive upon responded with “Why that I’m delighted to have director that the community would not black man to be invited to dine pant violence, gang activity, which Lee’s case focused play again?” This hasn’t been Ron OJ Parson at TimeLine welcome them with open arms, at the White House. drug trafficking, economic but they did not expect the was ruled not technically valid a majority response, but I’ve for the first time. I’ve greatly 1903 W.E.B. DuBois’ The investment, park beautifica- because it required signatures heard it more than expected. admired his work for more degree to which they would Souls of Black Folk is published, tion or the battle over the from at least 95 percent of Yet when asked, most people than 15 years, and you can be disrespected. A young calling for agitation on behalf of quality and quantity of our homeowners in the area—she have trouble answering when read in this Backstory about Lorraine recounted a brick African American rights. schools, our deep connection flying through her living room only had 54 percent. they last saw it performed. his long and storied history February 12, 1909 The (or relative indifference) to window as a child—nearly hit- (It’s been 13 years since a with this play. Notably, the Supreme Court National Association for the these headlines comes down ting her in the head. Instead of major Chicago revival by the ruled the restrictive agree- Advancement of Colored People to where we find ourselves in We’ve got a powerhouse being a clean slate and a move Goodman and seven line-up this season, with The ment that property would not (NAACP) is founded on the this great metropolis. When away from poverty toward a 100th anniversary of Abraham years since pro- Normal Heart playing nearby be sold to one of those stories is rooted bright future, the experience Lincoln’s birth, with the inten- duced a musical adaptation.) at Stage 773, The How and unlawful only by technicality. in a part of town other than in the new neighborhood was tion of promoting the use of The case was not won based Perhaps “Why that again?” is our own, is our investment and the Why, the first-ever Chicago terrorizing. the courts to restore the legal asked of any American classic. concern as great? production of the musical on an unlawful and unjust at- rights of black Americans. Juno, and a new downtown Anna Lee, a white neighbor, tempt to deny someone a fair We wonder what new could is a play 1910 The first issue of The commercial production of To sued Hansberry for purchasing purchase of property based on possibly be mined from The about hopes and dreams. A Crisis, edited by DuBois, is Master the , which was the property. She claimed that skin color. But it was and still Glass Menagerie, Who’s Afraid grandmother strives to give published by the NAACP. originally commissioned and 500 land owners had signed is seen as a victory and a step of Woolf?, , her kids and grandson a better premiered at TimeLine. It a restrictive covenant stating toward housing, social, politi- December 19, 1910 The City , etc., until we see life than what she knew. A Council of Baltimore approves promises to be a year of great that property would not be cal and economic equality. one of those plays with fresh father instills in his son the the first city ordinance desig- discussion and discovery, and I eyes and are knocked out by belief that he can do anything nating the boundaries of black thank you for being a part of it. its impact. he sets his mind to. And a and white neighborhoods. This The label of “classic” is daughter works to break bar- Fondly, ordinance is followed by similar ones in other cities. ascribed to these plays for a riers of gender, education and reason—each has a reso- 1911 The National Urban nance that is timeless. League is formed to help Why this play again? It’s a play African Americans secure Though written more than equal employment. 50 years ago, A Raisin in the about Chicago—then, now and Sun—arguably the greatest hopefully not forever. Lorraine Hansberry $10,000 Then and Now 1912 W.C. Handy’s “ the playwright the money Blues” becomes the first blues composition to be published. orn May 19, 1930 in traditional black university, Raisin in the Sun brings up multiple important questions The Autobiography of an Ex- Colored Man, a novel by James Chicago, Lorraine Vivian Hansberry attended the about family dynamics and support, how to love each other, B A Weldon Johnson, is published. Hansberry was the youngest of University of Wisconsin– how to make progress as an individual, and how to survive in a four children of Carl Hansberry, Madison, but found it world that is racially divided and unfair. 1913 President Woodrow a successful real-estate uninspiring. At a time when Wilson’s administration begins One of the more simple questions is, what will Mama do with her segregating blacks and whites businessman and politician, women attending college $10,000 check? The family eagerly awaits her decision. in government departments. and Nannie Louise Perry, was somewhat revolutionary, who was a school teacher. quitting school was no small Lorraine Hansberry. In our 2013 mindset, $10,000 is not altogether that much mon- 1915 The re- Both her parents were active event. She went to ey. A $10,000 gift is nothing to scoff at, but it certainly wouldn’t ceives a charter from ’s Critics’ Circle Award as Best participants in the NAACP and City in 1950 and within a year buy you a home, a luxury car or a year of medical school tuition. Fulton Superior Court. Play of the Year. She was the The Klan spreads quickly, the Urban League. was a staff writer for Freedom youngest American, the fifth Converting $10,000 into its current value requires adjusting for reaching its height during the Magazine, edited by Robeson. Raised on the teachings of woman and the first black inflation. The Consumer Price Index is used to figure out what 1920s with an estimated Langston Hughes, W.E.B. In 1953, she married Robert person to win the award. the purchasing power of $10,000 would be in 2013. 4 million members. DuBois and Paul Robeson, Nemiroff, a Jewish publisher, Her success opened the The result: In 1954, $10,000 had the same purchasing power 1915 The Great Migration Hansberry was highly songwriter and political activist. floodgates for a generation begins. Approximately 2 million as $85,354 today. educated about progress Hansberry began writing of modern black actors and African Americans from south- and dreams for equality in a her first play, A Raisin in the writers who were influenced So, as you watch this production, please keep in mind: That ern states move to northern racially divided nation. Sun, that same year. While and encouraged by her writing. check that’s coming to Mama – it’s worth more than $85,000. industrial centers during the writing it, she continued to following decades, seeking When she was 8 years old, After her initial success with What would you do with it? contribute short pieces to relief from racism as well as her father bought a house in A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine various magazines under her better jobs and schools. The Washington Park, Chicago. Hansberry lived only six initials “LHN.” Hansberry wrote Events and Resources migration will increase during The surrounding neighbors more years. She was able when jobs open on subjects of racial divide, reacted violently and to complete one more play, up in war industries. It will con- womens’ rights, her atheist the discussion emotionally—in a 1964 letter a movie, and a television tinue into the . In 1890, beliefs and homophobia, to the editor of The New York script that proved too racially imeLine looks forward to BLOG AND MORE! 85% of the black population calling for change. lived in the South. By 1960 that Times, Hansberry recounted controversial to be aired. Tengaging our audience Find behind-the-scenes insight how a brick was thrown It is rumored that Hansberry number will be 42%. Her second play, The Sign in conversations inspired by and conversation on our blog, through a window and almost was a , causing her in Sidney Brustein’s Window, our productions. We hope you Behind the ‘Line, via 1917 The United States enters killed her. She described her to separate from Nemiroff in World War I. received mixed reviews and will participate in the array of timelinetheatre.com. neighbors as “hellishly hostile.” 1957 and divorce him in 1964, ran for 101 performances, additional resources and online Major race riots occur in but that is not confirmed. The community’s legal efforts due mostly to the support communities available: East St. Louis, Illinois. More Nemiroff continued to love and than 10,000 black Americans, to force the Hansberrys out of the theatre community. It DISCUSSION EVENTS of their home culminated in support Hansberry through organized by the NAACP, march closed January 12, 1965— A variety of discussions are For the latest, “like” us on the U.S. Supreme Court’s their separation and compiled down Fifth Avenue in New York the night she died at age 34 scheduled throughout the run. Facebook (TimeLine The- 1940 decision in Hansberry and published her work after City in a to protest from pancreatic cancer. Visit timelinetheatre.com/ atre), follow us on Twitter (@ and racial indigni- v. Lee, holding the restrictive her untimely death. After her death Nemiroff raisin_in_the_sun/events.htm timelinetheatre) and visit our ties. And race riots in covenant in the case A Raisin in the Sun debuted finished and produced her for a schedule and description YouTube channel (youtube. lead to the of 13 black contestable, though not in 1959, becoming the first final work, Les Blancs. He also of the opportunities available. com/timelinetheatre). soldiers. inherently invalid (see further play written by an African- adapted a collection of her 1919 DuBois organizes the first details on previous page). American woman to be writing and interviews in To Be Pan-African conference in Paris. produced on Broadway. It Hansberry was a rebel. Young, Gifted and Black. Instead of studying at a won the New York Drama Revisions and Inspirations Langston Hughes 1919 “ Summer” occurs: the play the poetry 26 race riots in Charleston, Washington, Chicago, orraine Hansberry edited , it is no Hansberry builds an educational bridge, and Texas. Land rewrote A Raisin in surprise that Hughes’ poetry connecting her work to others, spinning a web July 27, 1919 In Chicago, a the Sun, as all playwrights inspired her work so deeply. of literature for us to explore. young black man, Eugene do during their process. The How interesting, also, that Williams, flees a fight between play you see at TimeLine is Hansberry indirectly points These two poems by Langston Hughes inspired both the initial black and white gangs on 29th a final version, one that has to “Harlem” and “Mother to and final titles of Lorraine Hansberry’s play: Street Beach by swimming into been distilled by the original Son” by referring to the central the water, where he becomes exhausted and drowns. A rumor producers. images within them, instead HARLEM by Langston Hughes that he has been stoned to Missing in this version is a of directly copying the titles What happens to a dream deferred? death provokes five days of riot- scene during which young themselves. Does it dry up ing, resulting in the deaths of Lorraine Hansberry at work in her 23 African Americans and 15 Travis Younger plays with library at home. Perhaps Hansberry wants like a raisin in the sun? a rat—he goes out to play us to take in the image and Or fester like a sore – white people, plus 291 injured. with neighborhood boys and to Beneatha’s suitors George connect to it personally—find And then run? 1920 launches returns home to recount the and Asagai or Walter’s what it means to us, but Does it stink like rotten meat? the Universal Improve- joys of beating a street rat to also where it exists in the ment Association in Harlem, conspirator Bobo. She is Or crust and sugar over – death. This violence, occurring ether—leading us to Hughes the first mass movement for Mrs. Wilhelmina Johnson, the like a syrupy sweet? off stage and merely retold, himself and the original works. African Americans. Younger’s not-so-supportive Maybe it just sags and lasting just a short page neighbor. In early versions Hansberry, in the smallest 1921 The Harlem Renais- like a heavy load. or so, was meant to subtlety of the script, she entered scale, builds an educational sance—a remarkable period show us what might happen if the Younger’s apartment like bridge, connecting her work Or does it explode? of creativity for black writers, Travis were to stay where he is a tornado—warning of the to others, spinning a web of poets and artists, especially Claude McKay, , now. He is already beginning dangers and all the downsides literature for us to explore. MOTHER TO SON by Langston Hughes to play with kids who are Alain Locke and Countee Cul- of leaving the tenement. Well, son, I’ll tell you: len—begins. either bored enough (without Though the Youngers continue proper toys or activities) or Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. 1922 A federal anti- to reference her in the final It’s had tacks in it, frustrated and tired enough to version of the play, her bill is killed by filibuster in the And splinters, Senate, the same year that 51 pick on creatures lower on the spirit—a wild and loud force And boards torn up, African Americans are known food chain. Through this small of outside opinion—is missed. scene, Hansberry warned of And places with no carpet on the floor – to have been lynched. The title A Raisin in the Sun is the potentially dangerous and Bare. May 19, 1925 Malcolm Little taken from Langston Hughes’ surprisingly easy and simple But all the time (later Malcolm X) is born. poem, “Harlem.” In previous I’se been a-climbin’ on, choices one can make in an 1926 Carter G. Woodson drafts, Hansberry had named And reachin’ landin’s, environment not built properly organizes the first Negro His- the play The Crystal Stair, from for growth and prosperity. And turnin’ corners, tory Week during the second Hughes’ “Mother to Son.” Though it is a minor cut, the And sometimes goin’ in the dark week of February, to include version of the play without When studying Hansberry’s Where there ain’t been no light. Abraham Lincoln’s birthday and that scene lacks a sense of writing in detail, it seems So boy, don’t you turn back. the generally accepted birthday direct danger for Travis if the obvious that she was greatly Don’t you set down on the steps of Frederick Douglass. Youngers choose to stay in inspired by the Harlem ‘Cause you find it’s kinder hard. 1927 opens at their apartment. Renaissance and the art Don’t you fall now – the Cotton Club in Harlem. that came out of that period. For I’se still goin’, honey, Also missing is a central Langston Hughes was a major force January 15, 1929 Martin Having studied under Paul behind the and I’se still climbin’, supporting character, similar King, Jr., is born. Robeson and befriended an inspiration for Lorraine Hansberry. And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. Past and Future of A Raisin in the Sun October 1929 The stock mar- 1944 The United Negro College require more than 1,000 police production history ket crashes, starting the Great Fund is founded. The fund will officers to maintain order.

Depression. By 1937, 26% of become America’s oldest and Go Tell It to the Mountain by orraine Hansberry began characters that editing was black males will be unemployed. most successful African Ameri- is published. can higher education assistance working on A Raisin in less necessary. The film was April 6, 1931 The first Scotts- L organization. 1954 The U.S. Supreme the Sun in 1953—before the nominated for Golden Globes boro trial begins in Alabama. Court decides unanimously in riots of the 1960s, the Black and received a special award Nine black youths are accused 1944 Adam Clayton Powell is the case of Brown v. Board of Power movement, the “I Have at the Cannes Film Festival. of raping two white women on elected to Congress. Education that segregation is a freight train. The blatant in- a Dream” speech, sit-ins and 1945 President Roosevelt dies. unconstitutional, stating “sepa- A musical adaptation called justice of the case outrages the bus boycotts. It took producer World War II ends. More than rate is not equal.” The decision public throughout the 1930s. Philip Rose more than a year Raisin—spearheaded by 1.2 million black Americans overthrows the 1896 Plessy v. to raise the money to produce Robert Nemiroff (Hansberry’s 1935 The National Council of have served during the war. Ferguson ruling that had set the

ex-husband)—opened on Negro Women is founded. “separate but equal” precedent. the play for both its initial tour White students in various Broadway in 1973 and ran for School integration begins in and Broadway run. by Langston Hughes metropolitan areas protest more than 800 performances. Washington and Baltimore. In The marquee for A Raisin in the Sun’s becomes a Broadway hit. integration in schools. The play toured to the next year the Court will Directed and choreographed 1959 Broadway premiere. around the country, including by Donald McKayle, the 1936 wins The Brooklyn Dodgers sign order school integration “with Jackie Robinson, the first black Chicago’s Blackstone Theatre production was nominated for four gold medals at the Berlin all deliberate speed.” focuses on a white couple, man to play major league (now the Olympics. 9 and won both Bev and Russ, who have sold baseball. April 20, 1955 Richard J. 1937 Joe Louis becomes of The Theatre School at De- Best Musical and Best Leading their home to a black family— Daley is elected Mayor of heavyweight boxing champion. The first issue of Ebony maga- Paul University) before opening Actress in a Musical (Virginia the Youngers. In Norris’ story Chicago; he will hold the office zine is published. for an unprecedented 14 years on Broadway on March 19, Capers). played we see the before and after of 1938 Lorraine Hansberry and 1946 The U.S. Supreme Court and 3 days. 1959. It was the first play Beneatha. Chicago’s Court A Raisin in the Sun; the first her family move into an all- to be written by an African- Theatre produced Raisin as a white neighborhood in Chicago. bans segregation on interstate August 28, 1955 Emmet Till, act is set in the 1950s, the bus travel. American woman and directed part of its 2006-07 season. second in modern day. 1940 President Roosevelt aged 14, is kidnapped and by an African-American man 1948 President Truman issues lynched in Mississippi. In 2008, debuted issues a statement that segre- to ever premiere on Broadway. In 2013, Baltimore’s Center gation is the policy of the U.S. an executive order directing a made-for-television film December 1, 1955 The Stage presented Clybourne armed forces. equality of treatment and op- Montgomery Bus Boycott A Raisin in the Sun garnered version of A Raisin in the Sun Park in repertory with the portunity in the armed forces. an overwhelmingly positive ’s novel Native begins after , a at the Sundance Film Festival. premiere of Beneatha’s Place 43-year-old black seamstress, reception. It was nominated for Son is published. 1950 The film featured Phylicia by Kwame Kwei-Armah. This receives the Pulitzer Prize for is arrested in Montgomery, four Tony Awards (including 1941 The United States enters Rashad, Audra McDonald and newest play inspired by Hans- poetry. Alabama, for refusing to give World War II. Roosevelt, re- Best Actor for Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, re- berry focuses on Beneatha up her bus seat to a white man. sponding to pressure from black 1951 Jet magazine is founded. as Walter Lee Younger) and prising their roles from a 2004 later in her life, now married The following night, 50 leaders was named Best Play by the Broadway revival. The film leaders, issues an executive 1952 The case of Oliver Brown of the black community meet at to Joseph Asagai, as they order forbidding racial and reli- New York Drama Critics’ Circle. aired to 12.7 million viewers. et al. v. Board of Education of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church move into a new neighborhood gious discrimination in war and It continued its Broadway run Topeka, Kansas, begins. Up to to discuss the issue, among in Nigeria in 1959. Similar to governmental training programs for more than two years. In response to Hansberry’s now, school segregation has them the young minister Martin Norris’ play structure, Kwei- and industries. play, Bruce Norris wrote the been widely accepted through- Luther King, Jr. The boycott The successful Broadway run Pulitzer Prize winning play Armah sets the second act in The first U. S. Army flying out the nation and required by will deprive the bus of sparked Columbia Pictures . It premiered present day. school for black cadets is law in most southern states. 65% of its income, but will also dedicated at Tuskegee. to ask Hansberry to write a at New York’s Playwrights It has been announced that August 4, 1953 The move- result in a $500 fine or 386 days in jail for King. He pays the screenplay. The film, released Horizons, bringing up issues will play 1942 The Congress of Race ment of black families into a fine. Eight months later, the Su- in 1961, featured the original of gentrification, ownership, Walter Lee Younger in a Equality (CORE) is organized Trumbull Park housing project Broadway cast and is unique memory and race. Chicago’s in Chicago. It advocates direct, in Chicago triggers virtually preme Court decides, based on Broadway revival beginning in the school segregation cases, in that most scenes are shot in Steppenwolf Theatre produced March 2014. Kenny Leon is non-violent action. The National continuous rioting that will last one take. The actors had such CORE will be organized in 1943. for more than three years and that bus segregation violates the play as a part of its set to direct the limited run. the U.S. Constitution. long relationships with their 2011-12 season. The first act Director Ron OJ Parson History Makers and Save the Date the interview backstage BACKSTORY: THE CREDITS (ROJP) Like many of the (PJP) Why do you think this Dramaturgy & Historical great classic plays by great play continues to resonate Research by Alexis Jade Links playwrights—Death of with different generations? and Jacob Shuler a Salesman, A Streetcar (ROJP) Well, unfortunately Written by Alexis Jade Links, Named Desire—these plays many of the issues that exist Jacob Shuler, PJ Powers and revolutionized the theatre in the play—the dreams, Lara Goetsch world. With A Raisin in the aspirations, hardships and Edited by Lara Goetsch Sun, it meant even more to housing issues of the 1950s— me and my family because it Photography by Lara Goetsch Ron OJ Parson. still exist today. But most of was a story that many of us all it is Lorraine Hansberry’s Graphic Design by could personally relate to. And TimeLine Artistic Director strong, rich characters and Lara Goetsch of course it was a landmark, the beautiful story she has PJ Powers (PJP) What was A Raisin in the Sun photo groundbreaking play on told. Some plays will exist and your first experience with A illustration and photography by Broadway, the likes of which resonate with generations to Raisin in the Sun? t. HARRISON HILLMAN had never been seen before. come, forever. Great theatre is Ron OJ Parson (ROJP) This So it had, and has, a special great theatre. Backstory is published four play has always been a part of place in all our hearts. times each season. my family, basically because of (PJP) Most people who have (PJP) You were in the cast Sidney Poitier and the impact experienced A Raisin in the Pictured on front cover of the 25th Anniversary he had in our family. We Sun have seen it in larger (from left): Director Ron OJ production that started at the were proud to see an African spaces. What are you and your Parson with assistant director Kennedy Center and toured American man on stage and design team hoping to achieve History Makers Society Celebration Tyla Abercrumbie; actor Toni the country. What was that screen. People said my Mom in our intimate space? On June 3, 2013, TimeLine’s Board members, Company Martin; actor Greta Oglesby; experience like? actor Jerod Haynes; actor looked a lot like , (ROJP) Being in such an members and staff joined members of the History Makers Wardell Julius Clark; and actors the original Beneatha. And (ROJP) What a great intimate space will bring the Society—our most generous supporters of $1,000 and more— Daryl Satcher and Mildred I had to play Mr. Lindner in experience. I got to understudy play so much than you for an exclusive cocktail party and discussion with Blood and Marie Langford. junior high because there and play one normally see these characters. Gifts playwright J.T. Rogers at local dining hot spot Frog n’ Snail. of the Moving Men. What an weren’t many white kids at my Our idea is to include the Pictured left to right, from top: Timeline Board Member John Sirek and his wife school. I was lighter skinned honor to work with Esther audience in the room, to feel Colleen Loughlin with J.T. Rogers; Managing Director Elizabeth K. Auman, Board than many of my classmates, Rolle and to meet two of the the claustrophobia that the President Cindy Giacchetti and Artistic Director PJ Powers; TimeLine’s History thus I was Mr. Lindner. At first original producers and hear Younger family feels. To feel Makers enjoyed a wide-ranging conversation about the joys, challenges and it was weird but then I did stories of the early productions perks of playwriting with Powers and Rogers; Powers with Frog n’ Snail chef what living in this kind of (and season 3 Top Chef contestant) Dale Levitski and Rogers; History Makers what I tell actors, “Embrace of the play. The original Mr. close quarters can do to your Bruce Feay and Dawn Palmer with Company Member Mildred Marie Langford. Our Mission: your roles.” Early stages of Lindner was our Mr. Lindner. psyche. I always approach non-traditional casting! And of course to work with a work for the audience to feel TimeLine Theatre presents great director like Harold “Hal” (PJP) I’ve heard you say many the play, not just hear or see it. Save the Date: Step Into Time 2014 stories inspired by history Scott, whose directing style times, “This play is special.” Mark your calendar for TimeLine’s biggest party of the that connect with today’s has influenced me to this day. This is an edited version of our What do you mean by that? year—our Step Into Time Gala benefit—scheduled for social and political issues. It was an experience I will interview with Ron OJ Parson. Friday, March 14, 2014 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The always cherish. 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