California State University, Northridge

PRESS RELEASE

March 15, 1996

Contact: Carmen Ramos Chandler,
Director of News and Information,
(818) 885-2130

CSUN's Black Theatre Ensemble Presents "A Raisin in the Sun"

The Black Theatre Ensemble at Cal State Northridge will open its fourth season on Friday, March 22, with a performance of Lorraine Hanberry's "A Raisin in the Sun."

The show will run through March 24 in the Little Theater in the Speech-Drama Building at the southwest corner of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge.

Friday's and Saturday's performances are at 8 p.m. and Sunday's performance is at 5 p.m. Tickets are $5 and are available at the Matador Bookstore beginning Monday, March 18.

The play chronicles Walter Lee Jr.'s search for identity and pride while battling his family over what to do with a $10,000 insurance benefit after his father's death.

The production is sponsored by Associated Students, Inc., Arts Educational Equity and Cal State Northridge's Theatre.

For more information, call Florentine Manzano, director of Cal State Northridge's Arts Educational Equity program, at (818) 885-2024 or Marshelle Randle, director of the Black Theatre Ensemble, at (818) 885-0848.