(*) A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Loraine Hansberry, Renaissance Guild at the Little Carver Civic Center, San Antonio, February 15 - 24, 2013

(performing at the Jo Long Theatre at the Little Carver Civic Center, 226 N. Hackberry St., San Antonio - click for map)

The Carver Community Cultural Center & TRG announce the award- winning African-American family drama 

















by Lorraine Hansberry
directed by Bill Lewis

Six Performances: February 15-24, 2013 ~ Friday and Saturday 8 pm: Sunday: 4 pm
Location: Jo Long Theatre, Carver Community Cultural Center

For more info call 210-656-0349, or email Raisin@therenaissanceguild.org  

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. Walter Lee, a chauffeur, has other plans, however: buying a liquor store and being his own man. Beneatha dreams of medical school. The tensions and prejudice they face form this seminal American drama. Sacrifice, trust and love among the Younger family and their heroic struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world  is a searing and timeless document of hope and inspiration.

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Auditions in San Antonio: Miss Evers' Boys, Renaissance Guild, November 10

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Auditions for Miss Evers' Boys

by David Feldshuh

directed by Antoinette Winstead

Thursday, November 10, 6.30p.m., Carver Community Cultural Center,

226 N. Hackberry St., San Antonio 78202 (click for map)

Production Dates: February 10-26, 2012

In an effort to get medical help for Alabama tenant farmers, their nurse, Miss Evers, convinces them to join a government study to treat venereal disease. When the money runs out, Nurse Evers is faced with a difficult decision: to tell the men that they are no longer being treated and that they are now part of a research study to see what untreated syphilis will do to them, or follow the lead of the doctor she respects and the tenets of the nursing profession.

Nurse Evers follows the advice of her advisors, and with the understanding that the study can help thousands more, she does not tell the men they are no longer receiving medication. She does this with the assurance that as soon as medication becomes available, her men will be the first to receive it. But after fourteen years of caring for her patients as if they were family, when medication is finally available, it is denied to her study group. Nurse Evers, devastated at the news and starting to watch her men die, can no longer keep silent.

Shunned for her silence of fourteen years, Nurse Evers holds her head up and explains the reasons and emotions that kept her in the study and kept her caring for her men. Some of them forgive her, others do not, as Nurse Evers tries to put back a world broken by prejudice, disease, time and trust.

Needed are the following:

Eunice Evers, 28, (black female) a public-health nurse

Dr. Eugene Brodus, 40, (black male) Hospital Admin Head

Dr. John Douglas, 34, (white male) public health physician

Willie Johnson, 19, (black male) tenant farmer

Caleb Humphries, 25, (black male) tenant farmer

Hodman Bryan, 37, (black male) tenant farmer

Ben Washington, 57, (black male) tenant farmer

(Actors must be able to play ages listed, not necessarily be that age)

There will be cold readings. No other preparation needed.

To signup email ~ Paul Riddle, Jr. For full synopsis or more info click here or call (210) 656-0349

Upcoming: The Wiz, musical by Renaissance Guild, Jo Long Theatre at Little Carver Civic Center, San Antonio, July 8 - 24

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presents

(Adapted from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum)
Book by William F. Brown, Music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls
Directed by Jonathan Pennington

Very many know the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but in this new musical version it’s a fantasy for today – mysterious, opulent and fanciful – a dream conjured up by a space-age child with Dorothy’s adventures in the Land of Oz set to music in a dazzling, lively mixture of rock, gospel and soul.

While similar in plot to “The Wizard of Oz”, The Wiz (usually) uses an all-black cast to transform the show into a more fun, funky modern version. Dorothy, the little girl from Kansas is blown by a tornado into Munchkinland in the Land Of Oz. While there she meets the Scarecrow, the Tinman & the Cowardly Lion on the Yellow Brick Road. She defeats the evil witch and goes to see the powerful Wizard who turns out to be a phoney. However, he is able to convince Dorothy that she can do anything she wants if she just believes in herself. Dorothy also realizes the importance of home and her family.

“Radiates so much energy you can hardly sit in your seat … Great fun.” New York Post “A carnival of fun … Wickedly amusing.” Time Magazine “One of the most cyclonic blasts to hit Broadway in a long time.” Newsweek “A virtual musical circus … Driving rhythms, soaring songs … Boisterous, exuberant.” WABC

Get your tickets now! They are going fast! Tickets are $16 - $21

Click here to purchase at Ticketmaster or call ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000

Read cast list at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .