Main Street Players, located at 6766 Main Street, is currently in rehearsal for the final show of the 2016 season, Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris. The 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the sequel to A Raisin in the Sun, tackles the issues of race and housing.
In 1959, a middle-aged white couple is selling their home to escape the place where their Korean War veteran son killed himself. When they agree to sell the home to a black couple, it creates tension with their white neighbors.
Fast forward to 2009 and now the same neighborhood has undergone many changes including increased property values and gentrification. A white couple wants to buy the home from a black family that has owned it for the past 50 years.
The play will be directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, with assistant director Gloria Cardona, and managed by stage manager Cindy Castillo.
Show dates are Friday, September 30 to Sunday, October 23, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door, or online at www.mainstreetplayers.com. Prices are $25 for adults, and $20 for students, seniors, and military personnel. For more information call 305-558-3737.