THE CAKE

By Bekah Brunstetter

March 6 - 15, 2026

THE CAKE is a touching and topical dramatic comedy.  A vivacious, conservative North Carolina baker named Della faces a crisis of conscience when Jen - whom she loves like a daughter - asks her to bake a cake for Jen's lesbian wedding.  Della makes cakes, not judgment calls – those she leaves to her husband, Tim.  But when the girl she helped raise comes back home to North Carolina to get married, and the fiancé is actually a fiancée, Della’s life gets turned upside down.  She can’t really make a cake for such a wedding, can she?  For the first time in her life, Della has to think for herself. 

THE CAKE has been celebrated from coast to coast - “The play’s tight narrative construction is apparent from the opening scene, which immediately seduces us with Della’s bubbly charm... What's refreshing and heartening about THE CAKE is its characters' willingness to face their differences and limitations head-on... This is us as we could be, if we'd all just try a little harder.” said the Los Angeles Times.  Stage Raw said “Recommended... (it’s) a singularly savory dramedy that crystallizes a contentious issue and, with empathy for both sides, portrays it in an edifying and insightful way... I left the theater feeling moved and enlightened.”