One-Woman Show Examines Lorraine Hansberry's Life

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Elizabeth Van Dyke has created a one-woman show in which she plays legendary playwright Lorraine Hansberry, called "Love To All, Lorraine." The piece is adapted by Van Dyke, and in this case "adapted" means that much of the play is created through taking actual pieces that the late Lorraine Hansberry wrote, such as one of the speeches spoken in the Broadway play, "A Raisin In The Sun." That play put Hansberry on the map as the first female African-American playwright to have a show on Broadway.

What's ironic about the presentation of this play is that it is about a late African-American female playwright and it will benefit a new generation of female African-American playwrights from EPS's "Going to the River." "Every ticket sold benefits the African-American female playwrights that are part of Going to the River. On Sunday, September 16 at 3 p.m., a final performance and a reception to follow will have tickets priced at $30.00 to also benefit this group."

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One-Woman Show Examines Lorraine Hansberry's Life

Elizabeth Van Dyke has created a one-woman show in which she plays legendary playwright Lorraine Hansberry, called "Love To All, Lorraine." The piece is adapted by Van Dyke, and in t...

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