The Crump family is adrift and in trouble. Widowed Godfrey is normally beneath the spell of Lovely Dad Divine, while his teen daughters, Ernestine and Ermina, immerse themselves in the illusions of Hollywood to flee racial prejudice. But issues alter quickly when free-spirited Aunt Lily shows up: Godfrey remarries a white girl, Ermina discovers young boys, and Ernestine is definitely torn between Communism and bebop! Playwright Lynn Nottage received this year’s 2009 Pulitzer Award winner for her play Ruined.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast efficiency featuring:

Deidrie Henry seeing that Ernestine Crump

Russell Hornsby mainly because Godfrey Crump

Tinashe Kajese as Ermina Crump

Kate Steele as Gerte

Charlayne Woodard as Lily Ann Green

Aimed by Seret Scott. Documented before a live market in the Skirball Cultural Middle in Los Angeles.