As You Mic It

Prologue - A Raisin In The Sun


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Get primed for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s 2025 “Undiscovered Countries” season with our Prologue mini-episodes. In this installment, Director of Education and Community Engagement, Kim Carson, walks us through the dreams deferred, generational tensions, and hard-won hopes at the heart of A Raisin in the Sun, a powerful journey into the uncharted territories of identity, legacy, and home.

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