"What you will find is Lou Bellamy directing Lorraine Hansberry's classic play faithfully, and performed by skilled actors from Penumbra Theatre, the Twin Cities noted African American theater."
Penumbra Theatre Company's 'A Raisin in the Sun' remains a timely voice on race
"But Hansberry's tale is so much more - a tale of strong women and dreamer men, assimilation and identity, pride, ambition and wrenching choices hewn from the memories of an individual, a gender and a race. The power of the tale remains in a mightily worthy staging by Penumbra Theatre Company."
Review: "A Raisin in the Sun" movingly establishes the cost of dreams deferred
"No matter what our race or background, we share a common belief that our humblest dreams - for ourselves and our families - stand a chance to come true. This production of A Raisin in the Sun connects with the core dignity of that fundamental belief, reflecting a life-affirming hope never more essential than in these troubling times."
"But one thing I can say for sure, watching A Raisin in the Sun on opening night at the Guthrie Theater, [Barack Obama's] triumph has lit a fire under the performance of this crackling, empowering production of a play that once marked another first in African-American history."
