is the story with Clybourne Park, as one group of people gives way . discrimination are not quite as verbally “called out” in the script, classism, sexism, and. 20 Jan Characters, Cast, and Synopsis of Clybourne Park. 3. The Freedom .. to have some film director say, “I have a vision for your script.” I was an. act i: Bev and Russ are middle class White Americans. They live in Clybourne Park, a White neighborhood of. Chicago .

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The housing association in the now-predominately black neighborhood has taken issue with their plans. Though the first act ends with a decision made by Russ and Bev not to stop the sale of their house, the second act does not end so clearly.

Karl and Jim try to involve Francine, and her husband, Albert, while attempting to make their points.

Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris

The first act focuses on white flight, when cities saw influxes of residents of color as white residents fled from the cities to the suburbs. The second act presents two perspectives on gentrification: Francine enters the house to start her shift, and Bev tells Kenneth she feels like things are going to start getting better, before she returns upstairs.


The stage lights dim to indicate predawn light and Kenneth comes down the stairs wearing his military uniform, carrying a radio and a yellow legal pad.

Bev has invited Jim, a local clergyman, over to help her husband, Russ, cope with grieving the loss of their son, Kenneth. The year is Cpybourne and Lindsey, a white couple who recently bought the house, plan to demolish it and rebuild. He sits down, turns on the radio, and begins to write.

A group of scfipt, played by the same actors from Act One, have gathered to determine the fate of the house. With dark humor and fast-paced dialogue, Clybourne Park explores the misunderstandings that can take place in fraught conversations about both identity and urban development.

While the consequences of white flight have played out over the past fifty years, the long-term effects of gentrification remain unclear. Lena, the great-niece and namesake of Lena Younger, has emotional attachment to the house, but also expresses concern about what allowing this construction to happen will mean for the property values of dcript neighborhood. Kevin and Lena, a black couple who serve as members of the housing association, try to get Steve and Lindsey to understand their concerns.


The lights dim, Dan finishes reading the letter, and the play ends. SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality study guides for challenging works of literature. She, Clybouren, and the housing association fear that gentrification of Clybourne Park is a slippery slope and could price out many potential residents.

The second act takes pak inin the same house, which is now a bit more shabby-looking. It also addresses other forms of marginalization, including mental health, and physical and developmental disabilities.

Russ asks everyone to leave his house, and the act ends. The first act clyourne with Russ and Bev, a white couple, in their home, in the Clybourne Park neighborhood of Chicago. However, Russ has completely lost interest in the Clybourne Park community since their scornful treatment of Kenneth after he returned from an emotionally arduous tour in the Korean War. The play examines how conversations around these issues have, and have not, changed over fifty years, often using humor.