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Production Requirements: A Costume Plot Database
Play Title: A Raisin in the Sun

Title:  A Raisin in the Sun
Playwright:  Hansberry, Loraine  Publisher:  Samuel French, Inc.
Year  1987  Genre:  Drama
Period:  20thC1950s  Number of Acts/Scenes  3
Passage of time:  several weeks
Basic Plot:  The struggle of a black family seeking the white-American dream
Contributor's Name:  Tollefson/M. Cobourne
Contributor's Email:  not available
Budget:  $1700
Producing Organization:  UCF Conservatory Theatre
Cast Size As Written
  Male Actors:  6
  Male Chorus Actors:  2
Total Male Actors:  8
Number of Characters as Written
  Male Characters:  6
  Male Chorus Characters:  2
Total Male Characters:  8
Costume Numbers as Written
  Male Costumes:  17
  Male Chorus Costumes:  2
Total Male Costumes:  19
Actual Cast Size (if produced)
  Male Actors:  6
  Male Chorus Actors:  2
Total Male Actors:  8
Costume Numbers (if produced)
  Male Costumes:  16
  Male Chorus Costumes:  2
Total Male Costumes:  18
  Female Actors:  3
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  3
 
  Female Characters:  3
  Female Chorus Characters:  0
Total Female Characters:  3
 
  Female Costumes:  17
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  17

  Female Actors:  3
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  3
 
  Female Costumes:  0
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  0
Notes on possible reduction/expansion of characters/costumes:  It is possible to repeat costumes and thereby reduce total number of costumes required
Quick Changes:  Mama and Beneatha could each have a quick change
Specialty/Special effects costumes required:  Beneatha changes hairstyles from 1950s into an "afro" style. Beneatha also needs an "African" costume
Other important notes:  none

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