Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative

The Table/La Mesa: The Welcome Project is a multi-faceted performative social engagement. Community-based ensemble Red Sage Stories, created for this project, invited community members to take a literal seat at a table: to sip on tea, enjoy a special treat and in exchange share their story related to being welcomed. The ensemble used these stories to devise a 30-45 min performance about being welcomed to then be performed at these same Table sites and at the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative's Multi-Cultural Festival. At a time when racist and xenophobic acts are headlines, The Table/La Mesa offers an inclusive experience of being heartily welcomed in unlikely places.