March 16, 2015- A Raisin in the Sun Recap: The Vision
The Vision.
WELL….IT
IS A WRAP! Folks, I honestly feel like I have crossed over a new threshold as a
performer after wrapping A Raisin in the Sun
this past weekend! As you know, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
is an American classic and I had the most esteemed honor of portraying the role
of Ruth Younger. If you are familiar with the original film/play, this role was
played by the legendary Ruby Dee and to know that I have now had the opportunity
to even grace a smidgen in her footsteps…is an amazing feeling. 
This show
has come up in my life 3 distinct times—and all have ended with me either
having to drop out of the show or it was canceled or whatever. So I feel as
though I was destined to perform in this play. I mentioned before that I had a
dream about this show prior to getting casted… I had this dream two years ago
in November 2013. I distinctly remember…the seats. It was a
large theater and the seats…the seats were a peculiar shade of green. And a
large audience rumbling with laughter… So I am one to always seek out the
truth from my dreams. I know it sounds odd but I know that God communicates
with us in many different ways. I am a person that experiences Déjà vu quite
frequently and I have come to find that: when you experience a bout of Déjà vu—embrace
it. Why? Because that means you have seen or experienced this feeling or place
before and the fact that you are seeing it AGAIN means…you are in the right place
at the right time. In this case…the
seats. So in my mind, I thought that those seats were going to be at one of
the grad schools I auditioned for that following January in 2014. Sure enough,
they weren’t.
So flash forward
to August 2014, when I got offered the chance to play Ruth Younger and the
director Marlon Hargrave tells the cast we will be performing at Willett Hall
in Portsmouth, VA. Mind you I have NEVER been or seen Willett Hall before. So
just in conversation I mention to the cast about my dream and Marlon goes “well,
wouldn’t it be funny if the seats at Willett are the seats from your dream?” I
laughed yet curiosity sat in. So…I googled Willett Hall and LO AND BEHOLD….there
were the green seats!!! Lord, you would have thought I won the lottery the way I
fell to my knees in tears. I am not nuts, people. I just know…I was meant to do
this show.
Look out
for Part II!
Brit
Website: http://main.brittney-s-harris.com
Twitter: @Broadway_B
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