Crumbs from the Table of Joy
Crumbs from the Table of Joy is a play written by Lynn Nottage. Production history The play premiered Off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre from May 9, 1995, through July 1, 1995. Directed by Joe Morton, the cast featured Kisha Howard (Ernestine), Nicole Leach, Daryl Edwards (Godfrey), Ella Joyce and Stephanie Roth. The play was commissioned by Second Stage, as part of their program for teen audiences. Ben Brantley, in his review for The New York Times wrote that the play "has an adolescent quality, suggestive of a playwright still struggling to emerge from studied imitativeness into her own mature voice." Other reviews were more positive. The New York Post wrote: "Imagine a pairing ... between Tennessee Williams and Lorraine Hansberry, a memory play about a black family, a glass menagerie in the sun." The Chicago Sun-Times called Nottage's family drama "a complex, thought-provoking play." The play was produced at South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California, from September 17, 1996, through October 20. Directed by Seret Scott the cast featured Dorian Harewood as Godfrey. The Press Enterprise reviewer wrote "Seret Scott has directed a strong, frequently moving and frequently amusing production." The play has received many regional productions in the