With a powerful multi-generational cast, Dinner at Grandma's tells the story of a young girl growing up in a small American town called Cross, South Carolina during the turbulent sixties and seventies. It is a time of radical change in America, and the United States has just gone to war in Vietnam. Patriotism is running high, but most blacks throughout the country had little reason to celebrate due to the persistence of racism and discrimination in every arena from health care to housing to employment. As the play progresses, the audience learns more about the life of Grandma Gracie Riley and her effect on her granddaughter as well as her entire community; the lasting effect of a group of elder black women in the South as they find the courage to fight for their rights, and the rights of their people. The score includes the world-changing civil rights songs of the movement, and the power of gospel music around the "meeting place" - Grandma's dinner table. Passing our stories on to our children is the only way to strengthen and encourage them, to teach them the truth about our history.

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