The Cake
By Bekah Brunstetter
Show Details
The Cake
Directed By:
Suzan Fete
Featuring:
Tara Mallen, Sam D. White, April Paul, Courtney Marie Tucker, & Michael Pink
Approximate Run Time:
95 Minutes with no intermission.
About the Play
Della, a sweet, God-fearing Christian, is also the best baker in North Carolina. Nothing would make Della happier than making a wedding cake for her best friend’s daughter, Jenny. Except that Della’s beloved Jenny is marrying a woman. A deliciously funny, multi-layered play about what divides us and brings us together, and the power of love – and cake.
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• SHOW SPONSORS •
Judges Jean & John DiMotto
Sue and Tim Frautschi
Sandy Zingler & Barbara Johnson (In Memoriam)
About The Playwright
Bekah Brunstetter
Bekah hails from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and currently lives in Los Angeles.
As a TV writer and producer, she has written for Switched at Birth, American Gods, This is Us, and Maid (Netflix, 2021.) She is currently developing a TV adaptation of the musical Oklahoma! with John Lee Hancock and Skydance Television. She has previously developed content with Bad Robot and Hulu.
As a playwright, her work has been staged and developed by The O’Neill Playwright’s conference, the Atlantic Theater, Portland Center Stage, The Old Globe, the La Jolla Playhouse, Naked Angels, South Coast Repertory, The Echo theater, and Ojai Playwright’s conference. Her play THE CAKE has been produced over 80 times worldwide, as ran off Broadway at Manhattan Theater Club. She is currently working on Commissions for South Coast Rep, Manhattan Theater Club, Barrington Stage, and Playmaker’s Rep. She is currently developing a musical adaptation of THE NOTEBOOK with Ingrid Michaelson.
She is an alumni of the CTG Writers Group, Primary Stages writes group, Ars Nova Play Group, The Playwright’s Realm, and the Women’s Project Lab, and the Echo Playwright’s Group.
BA UNC Chapel Hill; MFA in Dramatic Writing from the New School for Drama.
The Artists
Director- Suzan Fete
DELLA - Tara Mallen*
TIM - Sam D. White
JEN - April Paul
MACY - Courtney Marie Tucker
GEORGE (Voice) - Michael Pink
STAGE MANAGER - Bailey Wegner*
ASST. STAGE MANAGER - Ky Peters
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR - Anthony Lyons
LIGHTING DESIGN - Noele Stollmack**
SCENIC DESIGN - Steve Barnes
PROPS MASTER - Simone Tegge
SOUND DESIGN - Neil Brookshire & Colin Kovarik
COSTUME DESIGN - Kim Instenes
ASST. COSTUME DESIGN - Mary Seigel
DIALECT COACH - Sammi Grant
INTIMACY COORDINATOR - Christopher Elst
*Member of Actors' Equity Association
** Member of the United Scenic Artists of America
The Cast of THE CAKE:
The Cake’s gentleness feels almost reassuring in this era of nasty political and cultural divides.
~Hollywood Reporter
Performance Dates:
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