Celebrating the Creative Journey (National Stage Reading): “Crumbs from the Table of Joy”

Crumbs From the Table of Joy
by Lynn Nottage
Rebecca Uden

This break out play for Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage is the coming of age story of a young Black girl whose family is finding its way through the Brooklyn of 1950, as she teeters between filtering her life experiences through the fantasy of movies and learning the real poetry and pain of the world.

Celebrating the Creative Journey is a series of special projects and presentations The Ensemble Theatre has planned outside its main stage season packed with stage readings, exploratory works, and collaborative ventures. The  stage reading of Crumbs from the Table of Joy is  part of a national collaborative with Project1VOICE, a 501(c)(3) performing arts service organization whose mission is to provide significant support, access and adequate representation of the Black experience in the American theater-an integral part of the English-speaking theater-through its robust programming and innovative partnerships.