Crumbs From the Table of Joy
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Tanika Bapitste
June 3-24
*Pay-What-You-Can tickets available for all performances at the door
About the Show
Calendar:
Previews: June 1st & 2nd @ 8pm
Opening Night: June 3rd @ 8pm
8pm Performances: June 9th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd & 24th
2pm Performances: June 11th & 18th
^ Talk Back after performance
*Pay-What-You-Can tickets available for all performances at the door
Runtime: TBD
Cast: Sundiata Ayinde, Asia Jackson, Keith White and Emily Keyishian.
Stage Manager: George Nikitas
Costume Designer: Hope Birdwell
Sound Designer: Michael Kelly
Co-Scenic Designer: Siera Yau
Co-Scenic Designer: Micaela Sinclair
Lighting Designer: Colin Johnson
Props Artisan: Debbie Shelley
Dramaturg: Kimi Harvey-Scott
Crumbs is a memory play told through Ernestine, a seventeen-year-old, African American young woman whose family is dealing with their own realities of change. Reeling off of the loss of his wife, Godfrey Crump, Ernestine's father, is left with the sole responsibility of raising his two maturing daughters.
“Crumbs from the Table of Joy is a feminist play. It is a story about women and how they combat the institutions and cultural impositions thrust upon them.” shared director Tanika Baptiste. “These women represent the various archetypes both celebrated and rejected by America. Nottage is telling us to be nuanced in our understanding of others through these four women as we are complicated and make choices for survival. Women especially must live in and follow their passions. We must not allow our choices to be made at the discretion of others. A thriving society is one where women have shown up to discuss what is going on. As Gloria Steinem said “Women must have seats at the table because peace is too crucial to be left only to the politicians or only to the male half of our world.” To that I add Yes, and if that table is serving crumbs we must be strong enough to get up, build our own, and feast.”