During the fall of 2022, The Public Theater mounted an American classic, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun directed by Tony Award nominee, Robert O'Hara and featuring Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins as Lena Younger. In our second full episode this season, Host Garlia Cornelia Jones, Director, Innovation and New Media, sits down with Joi Gresham, Director and Trustee of the Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust and Robert O'Hara, to discuss Lorraine, ghosts, and the pressure of fighting the box this play, and subsequently its beloved writer, have been put into, reminding us that Black people are not a monolith.

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Hosted by Garlia Cornelia Jones

Executive Producer: Garlia Cornelia Jones, Director - Innovation and New Media

Creative Producer: John Sloan III, Ghostlight Productions

Audio Producer: Justin K. Sloan, Ghostlight Productions

Assistant Producer: Emily White - New Media Associate

Graphics by Tam Shell, Art Director - Brand Studio

Show Notes:

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Robert and Joi discussed Robert's 2019 Williamstown Production

Photo Credits:

Public Theater building photo by Aislinn Wiedele

A Raisin in the Sun photos by Joan Marcu

Music Credits:

"Latte" By Sunny Fruit, Artlist.io

"This is the Life" By Yuval Maayan, Artlist.io

"Manyatta" By Hans Johnson, Artlist.io

"Northern Glory" By The SoundKeeper, Artlist.io

"Strip It Down" By Falconer, Artlist.io

"Beatrix" By Notize, Artlist.io

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