CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY at Live Arts

The Caplin Foundation presents

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Ti Ames
Sponsored by Allison Partners

On Stage March 3-19, 2023

CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY is a touching memory play about a Black family, told through the eyes of 17-year-old Ernestine Crump as she comes of age in Brooklyn in 1950.

Recently widowed Godfrey Crump has moved his family north to Brooklyn from Pensacola. His daughters escape their isolation by going to the cinema, while Godfrey finds solace in radio evangelist Father Divine. Things change quickly when Aunt Lily, a free-spirited communist, bursts into their home.

“Imagine a pairing…between Tennessee Williams and Lorraine Hansberry, a memory play about a black family, a glass menagerie in the sun” — The NY Post

CAST

• Nik Scott as Ernestine Crump
• Jean Edwards as Ermina Crump
• Simeon Brown as Godfrey Crump
• Ty Daniels as Lily Ann Green
• Stephanie Finn as Gerte Crump
• Christiana Mitchell as U/S Ernestine, Ermina
• Sharon Millner as U/S Lily Ann Green

PRODUCTION TEAM

• Ti Ames - Director
• Scott Dunn - Production Stage Manager
• Will Slusher - Scenic Designer
• Heather Hutton - Lighting Designer
• Maggie Rogers - Props Designer/Set Dresser
• Martha Adekunle - Costume Designer
• Ivan Orr - Sound Designer
• Andrew Bryce - Dialect Coach
• Laura Rikard - Intimacy Coordinator

APPRENTICE TEAM

• Elliot Armour - Costume Design
• Maddie Chin - Stage Management
• Kiera Davis - Costume Design
• Caroline Jareb - Stage Management & Lighting Design
• Will Kelly - Scenic Design

Authors

• Lynn Nottage