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season tickets
Please send an email to tickets@thepear.org and indicate which 5 or 7 plays you would like to attend and send a check with the correct amount to 1220 Pear Avenue, Unit K, Mtn. View, CA 94043.
Written by
lorraine hansberry
Directed by
Aldo Billingslea &
Sara Capule
NOTICE: Added Performance, Wednesday, July 6th, 8 PM.
Our Americana season ends with a play about beginnings - Lorraine Hansberry's startlingly fresh masterpiece about an African-American family claiming their piece of the American Dream: a home of their own. The first play by an African-American woman ever to be produced on Broadway, this resilient, moving, witty work breathes fire and radiates hope, today more than ever.
- René Marquerite Banks – “I have a cool sense of humor”
- Alec S. Brown – “Alec is well-versed in the study of IPA, owns a black belt in Taekwondo and can solve a Rubik’s cube”
- Bezachin Jifar – “I am an Ethiopian playing a Nigerian”
- Keith C. Marshall – “The food I despise most in the world is the onion. My favorite type of potato chip; however is sour cream and onion.”
- Kendra Owens – “I went back to college and graduated with my daughter”
- Jennifer Perkins-Stephens – “I was in the Mad Read World episode of Chappelle Show and I’m married to WWE pro wrestler Ezekiel Jackson”
- Michael Wayne Rice – “I am the only actor, in the nation, to offer a Money-Back Guarantee for my performances on stage (MichaelWayneRice.com)”
- William David Southall – “I love to watch martial arts movies and then afterwards I love to create my own moves.”
- Dimitri Woods – “Dimitri comes from a long line of performing artist, and has performed for a variety of venues, including performing for the Dalai Lama in 2008”
- Yhá Mourhia D. Wright – “I’m also a mentor for a program called BUILD and my mentees (their company is called Bliss, Inc.) won the 2011 Business Plan Competition at Stanford”
- René Marquerite Banks – “Red Bluff, California”
- Alec S. Brown – “Sacramento, California”
- Bezachin Jifar – “From San Jose but originally from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”
- Keith C. Marshall – “Redwood City, California”
- Kendra Owens – “San Luis Obispo, California”
- Jennifer Perkins-Stephens – “East Palo Alto, California”
- Michael Wayne Rice – “Union City, California”
- William David Southall – “Berkeley, California”
- Dimitri Woods – “Seattle, Washington”
- Yhá Mourhia D. Wright – “San Jose, California”
Cast
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Calendar
Program
Mrs. Johnson – René Marquerite Banks
George Murchison – Alec F. Brown
Joseph Asagai – Bezachin Jifar
Mr. Karl Lindner – Keith C. Marshall
Lena Younger/Mama – Kendra Owens
Ruth Younger – Jennifer Perkins-Stephens
Walter Lee Younger – Michael Wayne Rice
Travis Younger – William David Southall
Bobo – Dimitri Woods
Beneatha Younger – Yhá Mourhia D. Wright
Interesting facts
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