No raisins in the sun

An American classic – for the very first time on a Norwegian stage. There are plays that changed what theater could be. A Raisin in the Sun is one of them. When Lorraine Hansberry placed a Black family around a kitchen table on Broadway in 1959, the audience had never seen anything like it – and American theater was not the same afterward. Now the play is coming to Norway for the first time ever. Dreams of the Future Chicago, the 1950s. The Younger family shares a cramped apartment, three generations under one roof. They are among the millions of African Americans who left the South and traveled north, away from segregation and violence, in search of work and a freer life. Then the life insurance from Mother Lena's deceased husband is paid out – and suddenly, the dream they could hardly dare to dream is within reach. The money could change their lives, but what should it be used for? Each family member carries their own dream, and they pull in different directions. What is at stake is bigger than money. What will they do with all the dreams they have? Should they give them up? Watch them shrink or dry up like a raisin in the sun? The play addresses themes such as housing discrimination, racism, and assimilation.