Hands holding a stack of handwritten recipe index cards, with one card pulled out displaying details about a stew event.

NOVEMBER 4TH

STEW

BY LISA B. THOMPSON
DIRECTED BY TONASIA JONES

Discover what’s on the cultural and political menu when the African diaspora gathers to dine.

Welcome to the first meeting between the parents of Jennifer, and her fiancé Ken. As Jennifer struggles to prepare an elaborate meal to impress her future in-laws, and educate her parents, she finds herself at the center of a battle between the Black middle class and the Nigerian upper class. Discover what’s on the cultural and political menu when the African diaspora gathers to dine.

Summary

Playwright: Lisa B. Thompson
Director: Tonasia Jones
Stage Directions: Elijah Brown
Stage Manager: Lauren Burke
Produced by: Front Porch Arts Collective

Cast & Creative Team

A woman with blonde and brown box braids wearing a blue top and a necklace with a green pendant.
Close-up portrait of a man with a shaved head, mustache, and goatee, wearing a black turtleneck against a purple background.

Lorraine Kanyike
Jennifer “Jenny” Lawson

Darren Paul
Akintunde “Ken” Prentice Ogunde

Close-up photo of an older African American man with a bald head and gray beard, wearing a blue shirt.
Close-up of a young woman with curly black hair and light skin, smiling softly, looking at the camera.

Jonathan Kitt
Babatunde “Baba” Prentice Ogunde

Thomika Bridwell
Titilola “Lola” Ogunde

Close-up portrait of a bald man with a confident expression, wearing a black shirt, against a plain gray background.
Portrait of a smiling woman with dreadlocks wearing a gray headband, pearl earrings, and a maroon and orange top against a blurred background.

Damon Singletary
Harold Lawson

Chris Everett
Diana “Didi” Lawson

A woman with curly, reddish-brown hair smiling at the camera, wearing hoop earrings and a denim shirt.

Kandyce Whittingham
Patricia Lopez

A free staged reading which took place at The Calderwood Pavilion.

SHOW DATE

November 4th at 2pm

LOCATION

The Calderwood Pavilion