Join Across the Table for a delicious dinner and a dynamic, honest and meaningful dialogue about the play, A Home on the Lake which was produced in collaboration between Piven Theatre Workshop and Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre.
This dinner is intended for anyone who has seen the play and would like the opportunity to discuss how race and social class impact where we live and what place we call a home. We will discuss our own reactions and perspectives and have the opportunity to listen to others whose experiences are different from our own.
Feast and Imbibe generously donated their beautiful event space for this dinner and they will be providing the catering as well! The menu is below!
Tickets are $30 per person and include the dinner and conversation, but $10 tickets are also available. Please contact Lauren Grossman at 224-304-4236 or at hello@acrossthetable.org for more information!
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A Home on the Lake is a play about two Evanston families in two eras whose lives are disrupted by matters of property and race. In 1920, as the Great Migration begins to change the demographics of Evanston, two entrepreneurs—one white, one African American—make business deals that will result in the relocation of black residents to what will become, for generations thereafter, the city’s “black district.” Their business decisions have consequences for their own families, including one that isn’t revealed for nearly a century when the current descendants of those two families are faced with the question of who has a right to a home on the lake.
A fictional work inspired by the playwrights’ research, in addition to interviews of several Evanston community members conducted by the founder of Dear Evanston, Nina Kavin, this play delves into themes of displacement, equity, home ownership, and how communities are divided or come together during times of upheaval.
This play is a collaboration between Fleetwood Jourdain Theatre and Piven Theatre Workshop. The two have a long history of collaborative projects with the overarching mission of finding ways to enhance each other’s work. The two theaters are committed to finding new ways of engaging and cross-pollinating their diverse audiences, and developing a love of theatre from early education through to active audience members.
The Dinner Menu Is:
– Mixed Green Salad – Shredded Carrots, Tomato, Cucumber, Radish, Red Onion- , French Dressing
– Blackened Cajun Salmon – Lemon, Parsley
– Grilled BBQ Mixed Chicken
– Hickory Barbecue, Brown Rice
– Mac & Cheese – Chef Carter’s Signature Blend
– Candied Yams
– Roasted Yams, Brown Sugar, Butter
– Pan Roasted Broccoli
– Corn Bread Muffin
