Directed by Ed Starr, who has directed plays for CCP such as Requiem for a Heavyweight, I Hate Hamlet, and Broadway Bound, the cast consists of talented actors from all over the Washington and Baltimore areas. When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Award and hailed as a watershed in American drama. In her portrait of an embattled Chicago family, Hansberry anticipated issues that range from generational clashes to the civil rights and women's movements. She also posed the essential questions--about identity, justice, and moral responsibility--at the heart of these great struggles. The result is a work that captivated audiences from every walk of life and has become a classic of American letters. The title is taken from the famous Langston Hughes poem that asks a key question posed by the play as well--what happens to people whose dreams are constantly deferred? Come find out!