Buffalo Theatre Ensemble opens 'The Cake' this week
The Buffalo Theatre Ensemble presents "The Cake" Jan. 30 to March 1 at Playhouse Theatre in the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd. in Glen Ellyn.
A preview show will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, with a free preshow discussion from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. Opening night will be 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31. A post-show discussion will be held Friday, Feb. 7. An ASL-interpreted performance is offered at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20.
Performances are 8 p.m. Thursdays to Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. It is directed by Steve Scott. The play contains adult themes and language.
In the play by Bekah Brunstetter, Della's bakery in Winston Salem, North Carolina, is a landmark baked with love. When Jen, the girl she thinks of as her "goddaughter" asks Della to make her wedding cake, not for one bride but two, it's hard to follow one of her tried and true recipes. Faith, family and food impact one another in the discovery that love is the key ingredient to any recipe in this timely play from a writer of NBC's hit "This Is Us."
Tickets are $42 or $40 for those age 60 or older and 17 or under, and military service members and veterans.
For tickets, call the box office at (630) 942-4000 or visit www.atthemac.org/buffalo-theatre-ensemble/.