Super Short Summary

Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris explores the events before and after Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, focusing on the same house in Chicago's evolving Clybourne Park neighborhood. Act One in 1959 features Russ and Bev selling their home to the Younger family amidst racial tension. Act Two, set in 2009, involves a dispute between new white homeowners and the predominantly Black housing association, highlighting issues of gentrification and racial misunderstandings. The play addresses themes of race, class, gender, and other forms of marginalization, such as mental health, and uses dark humor and rapid dialogue to navigate sensitive conversations about identity and urban development.