As the Youngers await their recently deceased patriarch’s life insurance check, they allow themselves to imagine a bigger life – a life with room to breathe – until those plans are thrown into jeopardy. Hansberry’s language rings as wise and prescient as ever in her moving answer to Langston Hughes’s question, What happens to a dream deferred?
Created embodied exercises to explore dramaturgical concepts alongside Literary Fellow Marissa Fenley and Production Dramaturg Khalid Long. Led post-show talkbacks during show previews for Court Theatre audiences.
Dramaturgy Intern
Court Theatre | 2025
Team
Production
Gabrielle Randle-Bent (Director)
Andrew Boyce (Scenic Designer)
Raquel Adorno (Costume Designer)
Maximo Grano de Oro (Lighting Designer)
Willow James (Sound Designer)
Khalid Long (Production Dramaturg)
Sheryl Williams (Culture and Consent Consultant)
Sammi Grant (Vocal and Dialect Consultant)
Becca McCracken (Casting)
Kate Ocker (Production Stage Manager)
Jaclynn Joslin (Assistant Stage Manager)
Cast
Shanésia Davis (Lena Younger)
Brian Keys (Walter Lee Younger)
Kierra Bunch (Ruth Younger)
Martasia Jones (Beneatha Younger)
Jeremias Darville (Travis Younger)
Di’Aire Wilson (Travis Younger)
Elliot Johnson (Joseph Asagai)
Charles Andrew Gardner (George Murchison)
Julian Parker (Bobo)
Vincent Teninty (Karl Lindner)
J. Nicole Brooks (Mrs. Johnson)
A Raisin in the Sun Active Dramaturgy Exercise:
Jo Selmeczy 