Anderson University's production of was nothing short of a game-changer for the AU Playhouse. For the first time, the theatre department would mount an all-Black production, with a play which was a game-changer in its own day. The play's script opens with famous words from Langston Hughes' , a line which impacted the direction of the play and was incorporated directly into the design. There was an especially concentrated effort to depict Walter Lee's (center) helplessness and isolation from his family.
