OUR PRODUCTIONS
The core mission of Lorraine Hansberry Theatre is to create theatrical works by, for, and about African American people and other people of color. Lorraine Hansberry Theatre has produced more than 135 plays, including West Coast and World Premieres, experimental works, classics in the Black theatre canon, lively musicals, and poignant socio-political dramas.
Intimate Apparel
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Jan Hunter
May 31 - June 18, 2021
An audio play presented with Z Space
WINNER OF THE BEST PLAY AWARD
FROM THE AMERICAN THEATRE CRITIC AND NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS' CIRCLE
Meet Esther, an African American seamstress in 1905 New York, dreaming of a new life, wearing her heart on her sleeve while sewing intimates for other women. When an egregious deception dashes her hopes, can the strength of the human spirit overcome class, culture and circumstance? A brilliant work by Lynn Nottage, the first female playwright to win two Pulitzers.
[hieroglyph]
By Erika Dickerson-Despenza
Co-production with SF Playhouse
Directed by Margo Hall
March 13 - April 3, 2021
No longer available to stream
Involuntarily displaced in Chicago two months post-Katrina, 13-year-old Davis wrestles with the cultural landscape of a new city and school community while secretly coping with the PTSD of an assault at the Superdome. With her mother still in New Orleans committed to the fight for Black land ownership and her father committed to starting a new life in the Midwest, divorce threatens to further separate a family already torn apart. Will Davis be left hanging in the balance? [hieroglyph] traverses the intersection of environmental racism, sexual violence, and displacement, examining the psychological effects of a state-sanctioned man-made disaster on the most vulnerable members of the Katrina diaspora.
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Recent Productions
[hieroglyph]
by Ericka Dickerson-Despenza
Co-produced by San Francisco Playhouse
Directed by Margo Hall
March 13 - April 3, 2021
On-demand streaming production
Intimate Apparel
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Jan Hunter
March 13 - 29, 2020
Buriel Clay Theater
Single Black Female
Oct. 25th - Nov. 10th
by Lisa B. Thompson
Directed by Aejay Mitchell