To Be Young Gifted and Black

Theatre

Name:	Cherry Lane Theatre
Address:	38 Commerce Street, New York, NY 10014

Production Information

Number of performances:	380
Opening date:	January 2, 1969
Closing date:	December 7, 1969

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Harry Belafonte	Producer
	Edgar Lansbury	Producer
	Chiz Schultz	Producer
	Robert Nemiroff	Produced in Association

	Lorraine Hansberry	Playwright
	Robert Nemiroff	Adaptation

	Gene Frankel	Director

	Merrill Sindler	Set Designer
	Barry Arnold	Lighting Designer
	Gigi Cascio	Sound Designer
	Stuart Bigger	Visual Effects

	Joseph Beruh	General Manager
	Cheryl Sue Dolby	Press Representative
	Max Eisen	Press Representative

	William Eaton	Musical Supervision

	Charlotte Zaltzberg	Consultant

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Barbara Baxley	N/A
	John Beal	N/A
	Rita Gardner	N/A
	Gertrude Jeannette	N/A
	Janet League	N/A
	Stephen Strimpell	N/A
	Cicely Tyson	N/A
	Andre Womble	N/A

Replacement Credits

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Alice Borden	N/A
	Stephanie Elliot	N/A
	Moses Gunn	N/A
	Bruce Hall	N/A
	Tina Sattin	N/A
	William Suplee	N/A
	Dolores Sutton	N/A
	Bernard Ward	N/A

Notes

Excerpts from works by Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin In The Sun, The Sign In Sidney Brunstein's Window, Les Blancs, The Drinking Gourd and other works.