The cast of "A Raisn In The Sun".Outstanding Performance At Rivoli Theatre
The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop's recently completed production of "A Raisin In The Sun" was undoubtedly one of the best produced and best acting performances this community theatre group has ever done.
Directed by Oliver King and featuring the great acting talents of John Neils, DeLois "Cookie" House, Ebony Isaac, Crystal Tweed, Frank DeGroat, Bruno D. Roberts, Francis Henderson, Paul Puerschner and Cynthia Toliver, the play tells the story of a lower-class black family's struggle to gain middle-class acceptance.
Money from a $10,000 insurance check and how to spend is a central theme in this play which finds the mother of this family (Mama) using part of the money as a down payment on a house in a white neighborhood while giving the balance to her son to invest in her daughter's college education and putting the rest in a checking account in his name.
The son instead invests the entire sum into a business scheme with prospective business partners and one of them runs off with the money.
This loss of money and the warning to this black family from a representative of the white neighborhood that blacks are not welcome and their offer to buy them out tests the spiritual and psychological mettle of each family member.
Their decision to continue with their plans to move highlights the true meaning of the play where right overcomes wrong.
With a cast in which all but one are African-Americans this was indeed a refreshing, well produced play with outstanding acting by all.
Next on the Dramatic Workshops stage at the Rivoli Theatre in South Fallsburg is "And Then There Were None" on June 3-5 and June 10-12. The organizations web site is http://www.scdu.net/
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