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The Dramatist

To Sit A While: The Unveiling of the Lorraine Hansberry Sculpture

On Thursday June 9, 2022 in Time Square, The Lilly Awards Foundation celebrated the unveiling of Alison Saar’s To Sit A While, a sculpture installation depicting playwright and DG Council member Lorraine Hansberry and honoring her legacy. ...
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Dramatists Guild Statement of Solidarity

In May 1963, Robert F. Kennedy met with a small group of Black artists and activists, including Dramatists Guild members James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry. When Kennedy seemed unable to comprehend the pain of Jerome Smith, who had been beaten and jailed by the police, Hansberry reportedly said, "if you are insensitive to this, then there is no alternative except our going into the streets...and chaos." It has been 57 years since Lorraine Hansberry...
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