The Playhouse family is saddened by the passing of Lynda Gravátt on February 23, 2024. Lynda was in the Playhouse production of A Raisin in the Sun (2012) and Script in Hand playreadings of Intimate Apparel (2013) and Flyin’ West (2015). Our condolences to Lynda’s loved ones.
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Photo credits:
From A Raisin in the Sun in 2012. Photos by T. Charles Erickson.
Luka Kain, Lynda Gravátt, Susan Kelechi Watson.
Susan Kelechi Watson, Lynda Gravátt, Luka Kain, Billy Eugene Jones, Edena Hines.
Lynda Gravátt, Billy Eugene Jones.
From 2013’s Script in Hand playreading of Intimate Apparel – Anne Keefe (director), Lynda Gravátt, Nadia Bowers, Susan Kelechi Watson. Photo by Dave Matlow.
From 2015’s Script in Hand playreading of Flyin’ West – Leon Addison Brown, Nikki E. Walker, Linda Powell, Lynda Gravátt, Britney Coleman, Rey Lucas, Chad Kinsman (stage directions.) Photo by Dave Matlow.