(EWING, NJ) -- Theater To Go continues its staged reading series at the 1867 Sanctuary in February 2018 with a classic play about the African American experience, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun, about one family's journey to home ownership. The reading, which includes actor students from Trenton Central HS Visual and Performing Arts Academy as performers, will be presented on Saturday February 24 at 3:00pm at the 1867 Sanctuary at Ewing.
Set on Chicago's South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis, and matriarch Lena. When her deceased husband's insurance money comes through, Mama Lena dreams of moving to a new home and a better neighborhood in Chicago. The tensions and prejudice they face form this seminal American drama. The Younger family's heroic struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world is a searing and timeless document of hope and inspiration.
The staged reading will be directed by Steve Gaissert for Theater To Go and will feature talk backs and refreshments after the performance. Tickets are $12 (students $5).
Theater To Go welcomes Steve Gaissert who will be directing the readings. He recently directed Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at The College of New Jersey. Steve has directed each year since 2013 for the One-Minute Play Festival which tours nationwide year-round, and in which the NJ performances have been staged at Passage Theater in Trenton, and the Luna Stage in West Orange. He also directed a workshop reading of Edmonia for the Passage Theater Play Lab. Steve Directed the staged reading of Ian August's The Aisling at the 1867 Sanctuary for Theater To Go as well as the Love is In the Air Series in 2016.
A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry was recipient of the 1959 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best Play of the Year.
1867sanctuary.org is located at 101 Scotch Road in Ewing, New Jersey.
Theater To Go no in its 25th year, has been providing quality entertainment in NJ and regionally since 1992. It is best known for audience participation murder mysteries and other interactive comedy theater however has expanded to include full length plays and staged readings. Theater To Go is also well known in the Area for it's Sing Along and Play Along movie screenings of Frozen, Annie, Mamma Mia and others
In addition to the interactive shows, Theater To Go produces traditional stage plays, most recently Ruth Markoe directed the multiple award winning production of To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, The 39 Steps, Room Service and most recently Twentieth Century at Kelsey Theatre,; and Riding the Comet at the New York Theatre Festival Summerfest.
