CAKE
“A man earns. However little, however nefariously, he earns.” Oba is holding on to the last threads of his old life and is determined to maintain what he can by any means necessary. Cake is a story about the things we use, how we are used, and what happens when we are all used up. Inspired by events in Niger, the play is a stark and poetic musing on the nature of survival.
Creative Credits
Director: Clare Preuss
Playwright: DM St. Bernard
Featuring: Jamie Robinson, Ash Knight, Yolanda Bonnell, Tsholo Khalema
Set Designer: Jackie Chau
Composer/Sound Designer: Maddie Bautista
Lighting Designer: Echo Zhou
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Traicus
Stage Manager: Heather Bellingham
This production was made possible with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council. This piece was developed through the SpringWorks Festival, Bayimba International Arts Festival, Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts.
World premiere at Theatre Passe Muraille.