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Written by Lorraine HansberryDirected by Elizabeth Van Dyke

Previews: April 28 –May 2, 2007Runs: May 3 – May 27, 2007

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A Raisinin the Sun

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Founder The Late George W. Hawkins Officers Argentina M. James ChairMicheal J. Helm PresidentVernon Landers 1st Vice PresidentJackie Phillips 2nd Vice PresidentM. Kaye DeWalt SecretaryMary D. Simon TreasurerGeorge T. Shipley General CounselAudrey Lawson President EmeritusDeFarris Gooden ChaplainAnthony Hall, Jr. Parliamentarian

Board DirectorsD’Artagnan BebelAlaina R. BenfordRaquel A. BoneCrawford Bunkley IIIJames CampbellCindy CliffordGarnet ColemanIris M. CrossAshley FieldsDiedra Booker FontaineAudrey GilbreathMarian HarperPaula McCann HarrisWinell HerronLynda House-McPetersLoretta Hubbard-GreenSarah JosephShelia Jackson LeeLeslie MaysSharon E. MurphySharon Michael OwensPaulette PeoplesBrenda J. PetersKaren ReedHasting StewartDerwin TatumDawn UllrichPaul-David Van AttaNicole WestKaren Williams

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Executive Staff Janette L. Cosley Executive Director

Edward C. Benyon Director of Development

The mission of The Ensemble Theatre is to preserve African-American artistic expression; to enlighten, entertain and enrich a diverse community.

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Eileen J. Morris Artistic Director

This project is funded in part by a grant from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.

The Ensemble Theatre was founded in 1976 by the late George

Hawkins to preserve African-American artistic expression and to enlighten,

entertain, and enrich a diverse community. Thirty years later, the theatre

has evolved from a touring company operating from the trunk of

Mr. Hawkins’ car to become one of Houston’s finest historical cultural

institutions. The Ensemble is one of the few professional theatres in the

region dedicated to the production of works portraying the African-

American experience, the oldest and largest professional African-

American theatre in the Southwest, and holds the distinction of being one of the nation’s largest

African-American theatres owning and operating its own facility and producing in-house. The

Ensemble Theatre has fulfilled and surpassed the vision of its founder, and continues to expand

and create innovative programs to bring African-American theatre to a myriad of audiences.

The programs and operations of The Ensemble Theatre benefit a multi-cultural audience that

is diverse in age, income, ethnicity, and culture. Its core audience is African-American (70%).

The Ensemble produces a Mainstage Season of six contemporary and classic works devoted to the

portrayal of the African-American experience by local and national playwrights and artists. The

Ensemble’s Performing Arts Education program provides educational workshops, artist-in-residence

experiences, and live performances for students both off-site and at the Theatre, and the Young

Performers Program offers intensive summer training for children ages 7 to 17 encompassing

instruction in all disciplines of the theatre arts. Through its varied programs, The Ensemble

projects to benefit an audience and artistic constituency that may potentially exceed 150,000

people annually.

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Tommacina Bell Artistic Associate

Edward C. Benyon Director of Development

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Children

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accompanied by an adult.

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shows, when requested upon making

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Starring Davi Jay Cheray Dawn Josiah Jordyn Lorenz Elayn J. Taylor

With Troy Hogan Andrew Jackson Chancellor Johnson Ted Pfister

Adrian Cardell Porter Jared Jackson Simon

Property Design James Thomas

Stage Manager Jaira Bree Torchia

Directed by Elizabeth Van Dyke

Scenic Design Winifred Sowell

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Underwritten by:This project is funded in part by a grant from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.

Director ........................... Elizabeth VanDyke Set Designer .........................Winifred SowellLighting Designer ................ Manning M-Mott Costume Designer .............................. Liz TeeProperty Designer ................. James ThomasSound Designer .....................Wayne DeHart

Stage Manager ...................Jaira Bree TorchiaAsst. Stage Manager ................ Levester ClayLight Technician ......................Tracey WheatSound Technician ........................Ray WalkerCrew ..........................................Eddie Horton

Production Staff

Ruth Younger .......................................................................................Rachel Hemphill DicksonWalter Lee Younger (Brother) ................................................................................... Troy Hogan

Understudies

Property Design James Thomas

Stage Manager Jaira Bree Torchia

T H E E N S E M B L E T H E A T R E presents

Time: Early 1950s

Setting: The Younger apartment on Chicago’s Southside

A Raisin in the Sun is performed with one fifteen minute intermission.

Cast (in order of appearance)

Ruth Younger ................................................................................................ Cheray Dawn Josiah Travis Younger ..........................................................Chancellor Johnson/Jared Jackson Simon Walter Lee Younger (Brother) ......................................................................................... Davi Jay Beneatha Younger .................................................................................................. Jordyn Lorenz Lena Younger (Mama) ............................................................................................. Elayn Taylor* Joseph Asagai .............................................................................................Adrian Cardell Porter George Murchison ............................................................................................. Andrew Jackson Bobo ............................................................................................................................. Troy Hogan Karl Lindner ................................................................................................................... Ted Pfister

*Member of Actor’s Equity

A Raisinin the Sun

About the PlaywrightLorraine Vivian Hansberry (1945-2005) When Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun appeared on Broadway in 1959, at 29, the artist became the youngest American playwright, the fifth woman and the only African American to date to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the Year. The play represented a landmark. In its authentic depiction of Black American life and the vivid demonstration of so gifted a creator, cast and director, A Raisin in the Sun made it impossible for the American stage to ignore African American creativity and subject matter thereafter. In 1961, the film version

won a special award at the Cannes Film Festival, and the screenplay written by Hansberry was nominated for a Screen Writers Guild Award.

In 1965, Lorraine Hansberry died of cancer at age 34. As if prescient, in the six years she had between the triumph of her first play and her death, she was extraordinarily prolific. Her second play to be produced on Broadway, The Sign in Sidney Burstein’s Window, ran to mixed reviews and closed on the night that she died. To Be Young, Gifted and Black, an autobiographical portrait in her own words, was posthumously produced in 1968 and won the record for longest Off-Broadway play, running and subsequently, touring across the county. In 1970, Les Blancs, her play about the inevitability of struggle between colonizers and colonized in Africa and the impending crisis that would surely grow out of it, ran on Broadway to critical acclaim.

A Raisin in the Sun has been translated on all continents and in more than 30 languages, and performed in numerous productions abroad. In the U.S, in over 45 years, through stage, film, television and book publications, literally millions of people have had some acquaintance with the Younger family of Chicago’s Southside and their fears, frustrations, longings and dreams. A study of audiences during those years would reveal a progressively growing social consciousness, as Americans began to catch up with the artist’s pro-phetic vision in sensing the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement, the growing awareness of feminism including no only the strength of women, but also their vulnerability in interpersonal relationships with their men, the essential nurturing bonds of family and the need for all members, from youngest to oldest, to have space in which to dream. Today, A Raisin in the Sun continues to resonate, holding the power still to reach new audiences and influence new generations.

— Jewel Handy Gresham Nemiroff

Director’s NotesHow fitting The Ensemble Theatre’s theme this season: An Encore of Excellence, A Raisin in the Sun exemplies that excellence, the very best in the American theatre. It is a classic written by Lorraine Hansberry, the first Negro woman playwright, produced on Broadway, March 11, 1959, the first negro director on Broadway, Lloyd Richards both deceased, both leaving a timeless and priceless legacy. As we look back we see that the work still resounds, still informs, uplifts and inspires. We thank you, we celebrate you, we speak your names, Lorraine Hansberry and Lloyd Richards.

— Ashé

Elizabeth Van Dyke

About the DirectorElizabeth Van Dyke is a New York-based actress and director who is very grateful to The Ensemble Theatre and the cast and crew of Raisin for this wonderful opportunity. She recently directed Waiting to be Invited at The Ensemble. Other directing credits include Great Men of Gospel: Spirit into Sound at NFT & the Bermuda Arts Festival (AUDELCO Award); Things of the Heart: The Marian Anderson Story; Amiri Baraka’s Remembering We Selves at NJ PAC; The Old Settler at the Invisible Theatre; Sophisticated Ladies, Kuntu Repertory Theatre (ONYX Award); Pretty Fire, St. Louis Black Repertory and the Passage Theatre; Welcome Home Marian Anderson, The Sirens, For Colored Girls,

To be Young Gifted & Black, Zora, starring Phylicia Rashad (AUDELCO nomination), and A Raisin in the Sun, to name a few of her favorites.

Some of her recent acting credits include, Mrs. Dickson in Intimate Apparel; Lady MacBeth in Macbeth; Peggy in Blue; Sister Margaret in The Amen Corner; Berniece in The Piano Lesson; Molly Cunningham in Joe Turner’s Come & Gone; Lady in Brown in For Colored Girls; Julia in Wedding Band, and many more. Elizabeth originated the roles of Mattie in No Dogs, No Niggers, & No Jews (AUDELCO nomination.); Fannie Mae Dove in Flyin’ West; Annie Talbot in The Dance on Windows Row (AUDELCO Award, Best Ensemble); and is known for her award-winning portrayal of Zora in Zora Neale Hurston and Lorraine Hansberry in Love to all, Lorraine.

Ms. Van Dyke sits on the boards of the Passage Theatre in Trenton, N.J. and New Federal Theatre in New York City. She is also the producing artistic director of Going to the River, a program for African-American Women Playwrights at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City.

Artistic Director’s NotesA Raisin in the Sun, the play that has affected every African American actor since the late 1950s. A Raisin in the Sun, the play that produced the world’s first black director, Lloyd Richards and first black playwright, Lorraine Hansberry on Broadway. A Raisin in the Sun, the play that remains among the most resonant plays of the 20th century. A Raisin in the Sun, a timeless piece of literature. From a review by Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein on March 13, 1959 the following comments were given: “It states in Proverbs 13:12 ‘Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”’ And in the poem which prefaces the script of A Raisin in the Sun, the same truth is expressed:

A Raisin in the Sun, the poem by Langston Hughes has assisted in establishing an enlightening expression of the African-American experience. One that embraces our innate ability to smile, laugh, love and be sensitive to life’s offerings. I would encourage each of us to look for our own Raisin in the Sun and allow ourselves to….dream.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat Or crust and sugar over Like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sages Like a heavy load Or does it explode?

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Your young person could be the next big star! Robyn Troup, former Ensemble Theatre Young Performer, won the opportunity to perform live on this year’s Grammy Awards with Justin Timberlake.

Youth for The Ensemble’s Young Performers Program

Participation in the Young Performers Program is on a first-come-first-serve basis. Application deadline is May 1 for Session I

and June 4 for Session II.

For more information, send an email to: Tommacina Bell at [email protected],

or call 713-807-4309.

Session I: June 4 – June 30, 2007 Session II: July 9 – August 4, 2007

Theatre GuildDr. Teddy A. McDavid President

Ruby Harlan AdamsRecording Secretary

Henri Ann Turner Assistant Recording Secretary

Della Harlan Financial Secretary

Aba Gayle Wiley Treasurer

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The Ensemble 2006 – 2007

Members of The Ensemble Theatre thirty-year history at its old site — 1010 Tuam. Reminiscing....

The Ensemble Theatre produced

A Raisin in the Sunat 1010 Tuam in 1982 and at 3535 Main St. in 1993

November 1982Director .....................................................................George HawkinsRuth Younger .............................................................Debora LedetTravis Younger ...........................................................Lerone Anthony WilliamsWalter Lee Younger ..................................................Keith WrightBeneatha Younger .....................................................Ruth AdamsLena Younger ............................................................Juanita Hamilton GillonJoseph Asagai ..........................................................Michael BallardGeorge Murchison ....................................................Curtis StansberryBobo ..........................................................................Anthony Ray

1993Director .....................................................................Sterling VappieRuth Younger .............................................................Eileen J. MorrisTravis Younger ...........................................................Sir Black/Jimmy MooreWalter Lee Younger ..................................................Curtis L. StansberryBeneatha Younger .....................................................Sherri WratherLena Younger ............................................................Gertha GilesJoseph Asagai ..........................................................J.D. HawkinsGeorge Murchison ....................................................Michael WashingtonBobo ..........................................................................Art JonesKarl Lindner ...............................................................Tom Bairo

THE CAST

Lee Stansberry as Walter Lee and Eileen J. Morris as Ruth, directed by Sterling Vappie in 1993.

Cast members in 1982, directed by George Hawkins.

About the Cast(in alphabetical order)

Davi Jay (Walter Lee Younger) is no stranger to the “faithful” patrons of The Ensemble Theatre. He is a 23-year veteran to The Ensemble stage. Davi has had the honor of appearing in more than 25 productions at the Theatre, some of which include, Get Ready, A Hatful Of Rain as Polo, Lotto as Blaze, And The Men Shall Also Gather as Bobby (a role for which he won the coveted

“Giorgee” award); Black Eagles as Clarkie, A Soldier’s Story as CPL. Ellis, No Place to Be Somebody as Gabe, Flyin West as Frank, and The Ensemble’s first and return production of That Serious He-Man Ball as Twin, and August Wilson’s

Two Trains Running. Davi Jay also appeared in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom as Levee at the Lillian Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Troy Hogan (Bobo/understudy of Walter Lee Young) is a graduate of Prairie View A&M University, and is a twelve-year veteran of The Ensemble Theatre. His stage credits include Sparkle, The River Niger, The Tap Dance Kid, Flyin’ West, Distant Voices, Two Trains Running, Lotto and Before it Hits Home. Troy is also a producer for Hawk-in-Flight/Spend 23, a film production company and is a touring education company member. God bless my wife and queen Melanie Hogan. Troy thanks his mother, family, church, and friends for their continued prayer. Blessings to E.J. Morris.

Andrew Jackson (George Murchison) was reared in southwest Louisiana, by way of Cleveland (Youngstown), Ohio. Drew has always been a student of the arts, and the LSU graduate’s theatre performance career began at the ripe age of three. At 21, Drew earned his first lead role in an LSU production of Violet, and then in Showboat at the Depot Theatre in Westport, NY. Drew was embraced by The Ensemble Theatre and earned roles in Christmas is Comin’ Uptown, Get Ready, Sparkle, and in the touring production of Br’er Rabbit. Thanks and gratitude to each family member, friend, professor, student, mentor,

peer, and fellow actor, past or present. “Dr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Jackson, words cannot express my love. Mr. Hawkins, your dream lives on. GOD is…therefore, I AM. JUDAH!!

Chancellor Johnson (Travis Younger) is a 4th grade honor student at Silverlake Elementary School in Pearland, Texas. He has been presented with the opportunity to perform in programs/plays at his church, school and at The Ensemble Theatre in the Young Performers Program (YPP). He had a small role as Travis in A Raisin in the Sun in a Broadway Revue at The Ensemble Theatre. School performances included Chancellor as Charlie Brown in It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Timon in The Lion King.

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Cheray Dawn Josiah (Ruth Younger) is a veteran actor of The Ensemble Theatre and has been in numerous productions throughout Texas, California and New York. She just recently returned to Houston after touring in the pro-duction of Men, Money and Gold Diggers. Some of her credits also include the stage productions of A Lesson Before Dying, Intimate Apparel, Maggie the Cat in A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Charlayne Woodard in the one woman show Pretty Fire. Cheray has also appeared in various commercials some of which include: Texas Lottery, Buick LaSabre and Academy Sporting Goods Stores. This

versatile artist is a former Mrs. Texas America 2003 as well as a Mrs. Houston United States for 2005.

Jordyn Lorenz (Beneatha Younger) is a native Houstonian who recently returned to Houston from New York City where she trained at the renowned Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Jordyn previously performed in Rage and Romeo and Juliet at the Encore Theatre, and The Jukebox at HCC’s Heinen Theatre, and she is making her Ensemble debut in A Raisin in the Sun. Jordyn thanks God for this amazing opportunity and her family for their love and support. She dedicates this performance to each person who has stayed alongside her on the journey and especially to those who continued to believe, even when she could not.

Ted Pfister (Karl Lindner) has been acting in plays in and around Houston since 1989 when he portrayed Nat in I’m Not Rappaport at Playhouse 1960. Since then, he has performed mainly at Country Playhouse in Harvey, The Royal Family, Come Blow Your Horn, Broadway Bound, and at Main Street Theatre in Solid Gold Cadillac, Oedipus the King, An Ideal Husband, Uncle Vanya, My Three Angels, Northanger Abbey, and Othello. He was also in the production of The Laramie Project at Kingwood Community College and Life is a Dream at Theatre Collide. He makes his Ensemble debut with A Raisin in

the Sun. Ted and his wife, Jere, have been married for 46 years. They have four children and six grandchildren. A native of New Orleans, Ted enjoys telling Cajun stories.

Adrian Cardell Porter (Joseph Asagai) celebrates his 15th season as a professional actor! Mr. Porter’s stage credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Soldier’s Play, Lotto: Experience the Dream, Before It Hits Home, Black Eagles, The Colored Museum (The Ensemble Theatre); In the Jungle of Cities, A Christmas Carol, Inherit the Wind, Our Lady of a 121st Street (The Alley Theater); Swingin’ an a Star, Jeffrey, Judy at the Stonewall Inn, Dog Opera (Stages Repertory Theater); My Children! My Africa!, Dark Rapture, Poor Superman, Hysteric Studs (Theater LaB Houston). Other regional theatre credits include:

Angels in America-Parts I & II, Raft of the Medusa, The Boys in the Band, Blues for an Alabama Sky. He would like to dedicate this performance to his dearest grandmother, Shirley Pollard!

Jared Jackson Simon (Travis Younger) is a native Houstonian and a happy, fun-loving ten year old who loves adventure. He is an Honor Roll student in the 5th Grade at Freedom Elementary School. Jared is athletic and plays basketball, baseball and runs track. Before becoming part of the Ensemble’s Young Performers Summer Program Jared attended modeling school and made a few appearances doing fashion shows. This is Jared’s third year with The Ensemble in which he has been a cast member in several YP productions, such as Sister Act, A Broadway Review, and Back in the Day all of which he was

thrilled about. Jared would like to thank his family and the Ensemble for their continued support.

About the Cast (in alphabetical order)

Elayn J. Taylor (Lena Younger) was born and raised in Houston and some of her first plays as an actress were performed on The Ensemble Theatre stage. She thanks George Hawkins, Eileen J. Morris and the Ensemble actors for providing a wonderful theatrical foundation.

Now a resident of Los Angeles, Elayn is a life-time member of the venerable Actors Studio. She has performed at the Mark Taper Theatre, the Kirk Douglas Theatre and other theatres in the LA area. Most recently, she appeared as

Rose in The Actors Studio’s acclaimed production of Fences, for which she was honored with a Los Angeles Ovation Award nomination for Someplace Soft to Fall. At the Alley Theatre, she appeared in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Self Defense, and The Waltz of the Toreadors. Elayn originated the role of Beverly Ann in the Penumbra Theatre’s Someplace to Fall. Her film credits include Humboldt County, Something’s Gotta Give, The Wood, Rules of Engagement, Lovely and Amazing and others. Elayn’s television roles include a recurring role on The O.C., Cold Case, CSI Miami, and she can be seen most recently in a national Fidelity Bank commercial. She is proud and honored to make her first appearance at The Ensemble Theatre in almost two decades.

About the UnderstudyRachel Hemphill Dickson (Molly Cunningham) is excited to be back at The Ensemble Theatre. She was last seen at The Ensemble in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and Waitin’ to End Hell. She has directed numerous projects, including Harlem After Hours, a musical by Celeste Bedford Walker and Audrey Lawson; Contribution by Dr. Ted Shine; Toys Take Over Christmas at Stages Repertory Theatre; and Destiny’s Gift at First Metropolitan Church. Rachel facilitates acting workshops for all ages and character building workshops for youth. She currently teaches theatre at Prairie View A&M University.

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Silver Angelica AdamsMicheal and Linda AdkinsonPaula AlexanderStephanie AlexanderTanya AlexanderCarolyn Ashe-ButlerKaren AubreyHenry BakerMildred BakerKia BaptistRoslyn BarnettWylma BarnettTommacina BellEdwin and Karen BennettAlan BergeronSonya Hill BishopPhillip BlumDonald and Wynnette BondPagewella Bonton-RiserMarcella BourreaxDorine BrooksAlicia BrownFranklin BrownJacqueline BrownJessie Dale BrownBettye M. BrunoMychana T. BurtonAlbert BushSusan BynamNathene W. CaldwellAlfred J. CallowayKristen CaseyCarolyn CharltonNigel ChicksenLorine ClarkJeffery CohenVal ColemanKathleen CooperMarie CooperCheryl A. CordonConnie CothranChester and Pam CrawfordMarie CromwellSherise CurdChalita CyprianDorothy Dade

Walter DavisChaquita J. DavisBrenda DavisOmari DawsonSonya DennisVeronica DevonishTommie DorsettClara DotsonValencia Renee Dotson-JacksonDonna DuahRegina O. DrakeTanya Allen Easter Ronetta EatonShonthenia EdwardsCarolyn EvansJerrl EvansSheshe Taylor Evans Ingrid FaulkFranklin FergusonIrving FieldsRhonda FieldsJacqueline FiggLydia FlanaganMary FordLynette ForneretteEarl and Adiah FranklinGwendolyn C. GabrielF. GantDagon and Patricia GarrisMelbra GarveyKaren T. GibsonSandra GloverGladys R. GoffneyAngela GrantAriann GrantCarless A. GraysBill GreenJohn and Carolyn GuessDonna GuientArdyth GuyerKayce D. HallRonald HammonsP.L. HansenPatty L. HansonHaskell and Annie HarveyJewel HerveyBertha Hilburn

Etta M. HillAndrew Hill Jr.Linda HimesMary HinesOretta HodgeBettye HollinsDaphne HoodLeocadia HooksJamie G. House Marilyn HowardMary HubbardAlton and Karen M. HudsonPam HumphreySteven HuntArther and Tujuana HunterFrances JacksonTrennice JacksonZandra JacksonVictor and Jackie JacksonXchelsia JenningsStephanie JoeDeborah JohnsonKayla JohnsonKimberly JohnsonMarjorie C. JohnsonSamuel G. and Ella JohnsonSharon JohnsonSherri JunielKathryn M. KaseDaniel and Velosia KibeMae KingVivian R. KingGinger LawrenceMelanie C. LawsonRoxanne LawsonMarcia LevetownCynthia LittleOllie LogansDr. & Mrs. Edward Lord, Jr.Linda Love Bronwyn LucasKristen MackMichael and Julia MaddoxLinda F. MarkCecil and Sherrie McCainCarolyn McCallCarl McGowan


Gold ContinuedJames ThomasAlbert and Josephine TrevalonSylvester TurnerMay WalkerCeleste Washington

Andrena WheelerJohnny and Loretta WilliamsOmah M. WilliamsOvida WilliamsPhyllis Williams Ronald and Robin Williams

Gerald WilsonLinda WoodsonJo Nell YarbroughMerele G. Yarbrough

Senior/Student Art and Yvette AbernathyAndrew and Elaine AdamsTamara AdamsCloraetta Allen-MorrisLillie B. AllenJoel W. AndersonMarlise ArmstrongBruce and Marilyn AtkinsPamela AuburnMilton and Rose AustinFreddie M. BakerMaggie BaughnerRandy and Glenda BatesHarriette BeardenLois B. BeasleyCharlie Mae BoldingJearlean BookerMary K. BookerBetty BrownEvelyn BrownSylvia M. BrownA. L. BrunerCarolyn A. Brunley

Frances O. Burford Zinetta A. BurneyCharlotte A. BurtonAlma Love ButlerMarvin ButlerPatricia ByersErie E. CallowayMaurie CarpenterDolores CatalonDelores CavilLinda ChampagneAlthea Lara ChoatesDeniza ColemanOscar and Diane ColemanMary CollettBarbara CooperAnthony CovingtonDavid and Mary CureauPatsy CravensRonald and Patricia CrowderEarnestine DansbyFaye R. DavisOdessa DavisPatricia Day

Dorothy DinkinsDimple DixonLaSalle DonnellSheila Doran-BenyonEllis DouglasBernard and Helen DowRegina R. DrakeRuth E. DrakeEarl and Georgette DredgeRoy and Ima Jean DukePeter DurkinHelen EagletonAgnes EdwardsAudrey Edward Beatrice EngramPeggy EngramKeffus and Charna FallsHortense FarleyMae FenceroyCharles I. FieldsPhylicia L. FieldsBetty Irene FitzgeraldJohnnie and Elnora Flewellen Margaret L. Ford


Silver Continued Linda McGowan-LaneMabel MenefeeEarnest MensahCleo and Amelia MetcalfDavid MincbergDwannah MontgomeryGwendolyn J. MoonSharon MoonCourtney MooreKaren MooreRobert MorganRuby D. MosleyMary MurrayMargo NettyJanis NorrisCarolyne B. OliverVicki Lynn PaceSandra PeakeDiane PeavyThelma PetersMarsha PhillipsMelvin and Wanda PierceLinda PopeRuby and Byron PrinceYvette A. ProctorStephanie PruettGoya QuallsBillie ReddrickEarnest M. Redmond

Mildred Chambers RingoGina RigsbyDeliah RobbinsBarbara A. RobillardSchirrell J. RobinsonJeffery O. Rose Rochelle RuckerSuzan RushSharon SandsRosa SemienDoug and Cathryn SelmanGary SheppardMichele SimpsonNancy B. SimpsonGrace SimsGerald B. SmithJacquelyn D. SmithLoretta SmithMichelle Bolding SmithRoland SmithVenesa SouthardSteve and Charlotte SpencerJo StaggersKimberly SterlingGlenniece StewartDora TaylorThe Breakfast Klub, Inc.Betty Taylor-ThompsonCatherine E. ThomasRhonda Thompson

Lisa TurnerPolly TurnerTyrone TurnerDemitrice L. VentersHilton VerrettIdaena WadeDarnell and Daisy WalkerLillian WalkerClarissa WaxtonEstella A. WestRobert WestDavid WhatleyTasha WheelerKathleen Wilkes Angela WilliamsBennie R. WilliamsCarme WilliamsLawrence WilliamsRose WilliamsSarah B. WilliamsSheara WilliamsAnnette WillisBrenda (BeBe) WilsonJocelyn WinnOdell B. Winn IIDwain & Donna B. WoodforkErica WorthyCarmen WrightDebra WrightFrancene YoungAllan and Sudy Zane

Senior/Student ContinuedAnthony and Vickie FranklinEugene and Kathleen FranklinGloria FranklinCharles and Betty A. FrazierMabel FreelonDorothy GabrielLinda G. GallowayRobert R. GatlinHelen GeorgeShirlaine M. GeorgeSusan and Noel GieseckeD.C. GilaGalie GilaJohnny GillsFaye GodboltMelvin Goffney, Jr.Lamar and Carmelita GoodenArian GrantClaronette Booker GreenMichelle GreenJeareatha Green-CrawfordAlbert D. and Willie F. GreerFreddie L. GuessTracy GuilloryMiriam HamiltonRudy and Helen HamiltonDella R. HarlanKaye HarperElzena HarrisMarie HarrisOllie HarrisWilliam A. HarrisBill and Peggy HarrisonVivian L. HarrisonBobbie HawthorneFlorence E. HayesElaine HerronOlivia M. HerveyKenneth HoldenTerrell HolidaySandra HollowayLeola M. HopkinsJewel HoustonSteven HuntGlen G. HusakCulethia JacksonYvonne G. JacksonJimmie B. JacksonVelma JacksonAnna JamesBrenda JeffersonCamille JeffersonVernell JessieCorrie B. Jenkins

Betty H. JohnsonNorma JohnsonShelvia JohnsonEdwin and Beth JohnstoneValeria C. JonesJesse and Veronica JonesAlice Joseph-DabneyRaymond and Kechia JosephArtelia KingMagnolia E. LacySammy and Lillie LacyJames H. LangEthel B. LeeMarcia LevetownNelda Conner LewisOliver and Deanna LewisRuthie L. LewisBrenda LongLydia LongBetty LoveGeraldine LundfordBarbara MackGary and Evangeline MackJesse J. MackJessica D. MackJames Malone Raphael and Shirley MappsTarsha MarcellusRonald and Patricia MathewsHelen MatsonJames O. MaysMartha McDanielGracie M. McGheeSherry Ann McGloryElsie McGowanCheryl McNairThomas MeeksRubye Moses MessiahCleo and Amelia MetcalfBrenda MetzeEunice MeyerBetty C. MichellBetty MillerMarcia D. MillerRobert MillerGeorgetta M. MitchellMarilyn MooreBrenda MorganSilena C. MorrisChauncey and Myrtle MorrowWillie and Mable MorrowFaye J. MoseleyRosie MunksToby MyersEmily Nelms

Sylvester and Pauline NewmanRuby OdutayoJerry Joe OliverCheryl Clark OluyitanHattie B. OwensJoseph and Wilma OwmbyLucille OzanAudrey PearsallLucille PerkinsNellie PettisRobbie PhelpsRoy PhillipsMargie PichonMelvin and Wanda PierceHilda PoindexterEdna PontonJunealee B. PopulusJeffrey D. PowellCamille PrattMarcelle PrevostEva J. PurnellDione RedmondShirley ReedWilma ReedReliant NotaryKaren RothAlexander RemenchikMarian RichardsonMary Ella RichardsonElsie RichmondAshley M. RobbinsRuthie RobbinsGloria RobertsDorothy RobinsonLeroy and Connie RogersSylvia W. RogersSeldon Bryant RolleSandra RoseboroughLaura RoweLanna J. SamuelRamona SantiagoAisha SappCharles SappHarry and Bernice SatterwhiteElla B. SaylesOdessa SaylesYvette W. ScalesSharon ScottAudrey SealsPatricia SewingRuby ShankleValerie SheppardMaudell SimonBettye SimsEmily A. Smith



Triple Play Corporate Level — Vinson & Elkins L.P.P.Major & Tammy AdamsReginald AlexanderWillie Alexander Christina AllenFred AllenKaren AllenOthell Anderson Sylvester AndersonClara AnthonyNelson AnthonyDolly ArdsPaula ArnoldBeatrice AtkinsonShirley AustinerCassandra BabineauxLeila BainesAyanna BakerDiane BandigaBarry BarnesRohnda BastineDonna P. BellAlbert and Annie BenifieldJennie M. BennettEdward C. BenyonAudrey BerryRessie Berry Mary Ann BesedaCandace BeverlyLois BeverlyToni BiezugbePearl BlackGary BlackshireJeremiah and Petrella BookerHazel BourneJessica Bourne

Lisa BourneCheryl BoumerLavernia BowmanGeoffrey BoykinBenita BrooksRichard BrooksBarbara BrownDennis S. BrownFiona BrownLinda K. BrownLisa BrownMarcus BrownRussell and Angela BucknerStephen BurdettMiguel R. and Linda D. BurkeRandy BurkhalterHerman L. BurroughsMichael BurtonMilli BurtonTamela ButlerPeggy CainTherisa CallierSheila CallowayJina A. CampbellGwendolyn CanadyAllen CappsLorintha CarrChristi CarringtonJohn and Ella CarrollMilton CarrollNelva CaryHazel CedrunPatricia J. ChewLeonard ChildressNoreen ChildsCarla ChristianWarren Christian

Tanya ClarkRuby ColeElvin and Carolyn ColemanMadelyn N. ColemanJarrod CollinsJuana CollinsBrenda ConerlyCassye CookGreta CoreathersMathew CowardWalter CrinerCarl and Thelma CulbrethKathy CulmerCarol CummingsCarolyn CurryMarcia CurryBarbara Harris CurtisNoana DanquahEric and Tracy DargonAndrea DavisAnn DavisDyrren DavisFrank DavisKeith Davis Jr.Marcus Davis Tammy Dean Endya DelpitBenaye DembyAngela DesilvaClara DotsonValencia Renee Dotson-JacksonAaron and Vanessa DuncanRonnetta EatonKimberly EdwardsNorval Edwards IIDavid EaglinJewel Easter

Senior/Student Continued Roland SmithDonald SowellIrma Jean StaffordRose G. StarlingKaren StephensonReginal and Connie StewardDavid StockAnnetta L. StonehamJeanette S. StylesJoseph and Ria B. SybilleMamie Dell and Earnest C. TerryTrasetta L. TerryDorothy TillmanCleo ThomasEvelyn Thomas

Rosie N. ThomasRaven TroupSandra TuckerBobbie J. TurnerBobbie VerrettStanley and Elizabeth WalkerDavid WallaceClaudia WaltonHelen M. WardJean WareA.B. WashingtonHelen WashingtonFreddye Sims WatsonPatsy WatsonAlice WebbMarian Wesley

Peter WestonDebbie M. White Letitia R. WhittingtonEdwina WilksEdmond WilliamsGloria WilliamsJean WilliamsKalvin and Toni WilliamsMary WilliamsWillie B. WilliamsEvelyn WisenbergBooker and Madeleine WrightDonald and Jocelyn WrightAllan and Sudy Zane

Triple Play ContinuedVivian EhonwaLaSharrei ErvinCherrie EthridgeEdgar Allen Poe Elementary SchoolVelita EllisSonia Evans Pat EwingGerald EzebEvelyn FegginsGlenda FelderWesley FerrellTamika FletcherMary Ann FloodLillie FontenotDeborah FordLisa D. FordBetty J. ForemanW. Randall FowlerToya FrancisLeslie FranklinMagnolia FranklinGail FrazierJohnnie FrazierWinfred FrazierPam FrederickKathleen GammillNicole R. GardnerKaren GarrettMary GarrettSharon R. GarrettMarcia GastonAmy GentryPat GermanBarbara GermanyHeather Gilder Sherry Malcomes GillLinda Gillian Bruine E. GloverNorma GoodrichPam Gordon Lisa GossettDoreen GraceEarnest and Carol GrayJoan GreenSharon GreenAndrea GreerChilton GreerLinus GuilloryVerna GuilloryJames HackettTravis and Renee HailyIvi HamiltonWill J. HamptonGeorge C. Hanks Jr.

Charles HarperAlexandria HarrisAshley and Sean HarrisBertha HarrisMartha HarrisEva HarveyDebra HatterPatricia Hawkins-BrownCheryl HayesTheodore HaynesW.L. and Carol HenryYetta HenryJerry HerringPeter HoffmanTroy Anthony HoganRonald and Carmen HollandMary HooeyBarbara HopkinsEnger HopkiinsGilbert HopkinsKarla HoskinWoodrow HowardWinifred HudsonKimberly HughesEmily HumphreyPam HumphreyBill and Dana HurtDonna IlesWilliam and Vane IrvinTroy IvoryBelinda L. JacksonCharlene JacksonChristal JacksonGloria E. JacksonKarl JacksonL. Louis JacksonLouis and Bridgette JacksonMarla Jackson-HenryMattie S. JacksonCarol R. JamesStanley JarreauJoyce JemisonVernell JessieBetty H. JohnsonJarvis JohnsonLinda JohnsonMaurice JohnsonWalter JohnsonAngela JonesDorothy JonesJesse and Veronica JonesReba Jones-MarshallRoberta JonesWalter JonesGary M. Joseph

Sherri JunielVance KendallNancy G. KinderK.I. (Kym) KingPhyllis KingSara LacyDeborah LaDayTerry B. LandDaniella Landers Julie Lewis LapinCliff LattinJohn and Dorothy LeahyMark LeeCharles LeonardVerna LokeyRosa LouisCheryl LewisRosa LouisRick LoweClarice P. LoweMonique MackPatricie Mack Leonard MallotMolly MaloneShirley MalonsonViner Manfoot-GreeneWilliam ManiasTarsha Marcellus Oshea MartinWayne and Judy McConnellBetty McCoyYouletta McCulloughGilda McFailRobert McGeeLisa McGowanCarolyn McKinneyLarry and Lena MeadowsMabel MenefeeMiriam MetzePenny MichauxGretchen MieszkowskiMiles InterestsWillie and Jennifer Miles IIIRobert MillerBobby E. MillsByranda MinixChristine MitchellDelores MobleyDarrizett MooreJames MooreJimmy MooreMarilyn MooreTheresa MooreBetty Jean MorganEileen J. Morris



Triple Play Continued Grace MosbyPatrica MulinaShelley MyersThelma MyersQuinn NealDarrell and Cherilyn NeddMelody NelsonRobert NelsonBonnie NewKen and Christie NewsomeMichael J. NewsomeJohn NewtonJoan ObeiusVelma J. O’BrienRose OdamSusan OsterbergSue PageDeLoyd ParkerDianne B. PatrickCheryl S. PerryHenry and Carolyn L. PetersonJoyce Philio Victoria PhippsAnna M. B. PoindexterZeb F. Poindexter IIIJeffrey D. PowellJim and Becky PruettAnnie QuirozElsie M. RaceRick RaineyQuinnelle ReedWindell and Dorothy ReedEric ReeseMonica Edwards ReeseReliant NotaryJacquelyn RichardsSharon Richards Frances S. RichardsonAudrey RileyCharlene Ripley

Finley RobertsKathy RobesonGail B. RogersRobert J. RossSadie RuckerWoodrow SandersHonornell SandlingRamona SantiagoHarry and Bernice SatterwhiteWilliam F. SchwindCarl ScottDawana ScottLyndell M. ScottBryan ScrirnerNancy B. ShelbyLinda ShortenKaren ShouseMyra SmithKenyatta SmithThornton SmithMarvin SparksMicheal StewartRhonda and Micheal StewartMark StockardDarnell StreatBobbie Horton StroughterTony and Genea TaftAlberta TawiahLottie Taylor Sanaa TaylorCynthia ThakerWilliam and Susan ThackerJackie ThomasLonnie ThomasWalter ThomasCharla Parker ThompsonPamela ThompsonGigi TieuelTop Ladies of Distinction, Inc. Missouri City ChapterCrystal L. Toussant

Brenda TrifonDorthia TurnbullArtis TurnerPamela UlmerValeria VickWinifred VidalMichelle VerdunFrederick WalkerJim WalkerLinda WalkerLosie B. WalkerToria WalkerWalter WallsYolanda WarrenAnnette WashingtonGladys J. WashingtonCathy WashingtonRalph WatkinsSelena WattsPeter WestonRachelle WhiteAba Gayle WileyJosie WilkersonCarolyn WilliamsDemetria A. WilliamsDrake WilliamsGeneva WilliamsHazel WilliamsLaShanda WilliamsVernon WilliamsIsaac W. Williams Jr.Barbara WindermanGerald WomackDonald and Jocelyn WrightLori and William WyattDeborah B. WynnDarla YoungSusan C. Young

Preview SubscriptionsPatricia BennettLover BettsShirley BrewsterElazabeth Brown-GuilloryJenniffer BurnettArlene ButlerPaige CawthonLinda CornettLeola CyprienDeatra CyprienAnneliese DavisDorothy H. Denkins

Cheri DenmonAlthea Philips EdwardsDavid and Cynthia EldridgeMamie EwingJohnette FinleyCorinthia ForneretteArdener M. FranshawRichard Gardner Jr.Bill Hancock Helen HannaLinda HarrisGloria HaysDianne Akins Iglehart

Vanessa JacksonBetty Jean M. Jennings Denice and Ron JonesBrandon JosephPhyllis LacyMelaney LintonSabrina LoebKate MacDougallClarinda MappsJohn MeredithDebra Murray Mellanies PopePatricia Smith Prather

2006-2007 Ensemble Theatre Production Schedule

Sat. Apr. 28 8:00 pmSun. Apr. 29 3:00 pm Wed. May 2 9:00 amWed. May 2 7:30 pmThur. May 3 7:30 pmFri. May 4 8:00 pmSat. May 5 2:00 pmSat. May 5 8:00 pmSun. May 6 3:00 pm

Wed. May 9 9:00 amThur. May 10 7:30 pmFri. May 11 8:00 pmSat. May 12 2:00 pmSat. May 12 8:00 pmSun. May 13 3:00 pm Wed. May 15 9:00 amWed. May 16 9:00 am Thur. May 17 7:30 pm

Fri. May 18 8:00 pmSat. May 19 2:00 pmSat. May 19 8:00 pmSun. May 20 3:00 pmThur. May 24 7:30 pmFri. May 25 8:00 pmSat. May 26 2:00 pmSat. May 26 8:00 pmSun. May 27 3:00 pm

A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry Rated: G

Previews: Apr. 28 – May 2, 2007 Runs: May 3 – May 27, 2007

Sat. Jun. 16 8:00 pmSun. Jun. 17 3:00 pmWed. Jun. 20 7:30 pmThur. Jun. 21 7:30 pmFri. Jun. 22 8:00 pmSat. Jun. 23 2:00 pmSat. Jun. 23 8:00 pmSun. Jun. 24 3:00 pm

Thur. Jun. 28 7:30 pmFri. Jun. 29 8:00 pmSat. Jun. 30 2:00 pmSat. Jun. 30 8:00 pmSun. Jul. 1 3:00 pmThur. Jul. 5 7:30 pmFri. Jul. 6 8:00 pmSat. Jul. 7 2:00 pm

Sat. Jul. 7 8:00 pmSun. Jul. 8 3:00 pmThur. Jul. 12 7:30 pmFri. Jul. 13 8:00 pmSat. Jul. 14 2:00 pmSat. Jul. 14 8:00 pmSun. Jul. 15 3:00 pm

One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show, by Don Evans Rated: PG-13

Previews: June 16 – June 20, 2007 Runs: June 21 – July 15, 2007

Bold date and time denotes opening night. Faded date and time denotes sold out shows or cancellations.

Bold date and time denotes opening night. Faded date and time denotes sold out shows or cancellations.


Preview Subscriptions ContinuedAntoinette RiversAlfred and Loretta Smiley

Analisa SmithKenneth SmithSharyn Stansbury-PinkettBarbara Starkes

Barbara StennettGwendolyn Y. WardPatricia WilliamsRitchie Wilson

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