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The Cast Godfrey Crump - Kip
Brown
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Perfect
Touch Productions presents . . . Presents... Crumbs from the Table of Joy by Lynn Nottage Wednesday April 7th at 8:00 PM, $15/person! A story about growing up poor, black, and religiously and politically militant in Brooklyn doesn't sound like the basis of a laugh-fest, unless you're entering the world of Lynn Nottage's Crumbs From the Table of Joy. Through the eyes of 17 year-old Ernestine, who has found herself transplanted from rural Florida to Brooklyn in the early 50s, she recounts the race relations, religious zeal, political struggles, and familial entanglements of the Crumps. Using a clever mix of presentation, realism, and fantasy, the humor necessary to survival in difficult circumstances shines through this piece. The Crump family has endured its share of heartbreak and discord. The mother has recently passed away, and in his search for an answer to his grief, the father, Godfrey, has turned to the powerful religious leader Father Devine for guidance. He moves his two daughter, Ernestine and Ermina, from Tallahassee to Brooklyn, determined to make a better life for them. Into their camped basement apartment come the wife's sister, Lily Ann, an outspoken and well-dressed rabble-rouser with communist sympathies, and Gerte, a white German immigrant, to muddy everything up a bit more. Throughout the fast-paced and lively proceedings, a lot of social and familial issues are touched upon, always presented with equal balances of love, humor, and thoughtfulness.
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Perfect Touch Productions would like to take this opportunity to thank The WestEnd Theater Management and staff for its generous support! A very special "Thank You" to Mr. leach and Mr and Mrs Richard Jordan. |
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