MTC Presents a Sumner Sundowner With Genovese Coffee and Clybourne Park

MTC along with Genovese Coffee are offering a delightful treat of free coffee and an exclusive Q&A with the cast of Clybourne Park for patrons attending the play on Tuesday 11 October 2011 at 6.30pm at the MTC Theatre, Sumner.

Bruce Norris's Pulitzer Prize and Laurence Olivier Award-winning social comedy about racial tensions will no doubt beg many questions that the brilliant cast of Clybourne Park will be happy to answer. Everyone attending the performance is invited to enjoy complimentary snacks and a warm brew of Genovese's finest in a relaxed setting after the performance.

Tickets are selling fast so hurry in to secure a spot. The entire cast of Clybourne Park which includes Alison Whyte, Greg Stone, Patrick Brammall, Bert LaBonté, Luke Ryan, Zahra Newman and Laura Gordon will be on hand to answer your questions.

About Clybourne Park
There is nothing like mordant humour to drive home a serious point and Norris's Clybourne Park does just that. After Barak Obama's election almost three years ago some declared a post-racial America, but Norris's beautifully structured drama Clybourne Park says hold on a minute; perhaps, when it comes to race relations in America not much has changed.

In the 1950s, a white community in Chicago splinters over a black family moving into their neighbourhood. In the second act of this play, we fast-forward to the present and the same house, but a very different situation. Now, the suburb is being gentrified and a white couple wants to move in. As we climb through the looking-glass of Lorraine Hansberry's American classic A Raisin in the Sun, Clybourne Park is about a neighbourhood pitching a horrifying yet hilarious battle over territory and legacy. It reveals how far our ideas about race have evolved - without losing one per cent of their controversy.

The Sumner Sundowner is proudly brought to you by Clybourne Park's Season Partner Genovese Coffee.

Sumner Sundowner
Venue The MTC Theatre, Sumner
Date Tuesday 11 October 2011 at 6.30pm
Tickets From $61.10 ($30 Under 30s)
Booking details The MTC Theatre Box Office 03 8688 0800 or mtc.com.au

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