Who Wants Cake? Announces Its 2009-2010 Line-up Including RENT, EVIL DEAD & More
By: Gabrielle Sierra Jul. 08, 2009
Who Wants Cake? is pleased to announce its line-up of productions for the upcoming 2009-2010 season. The third full season kicks off with two hit musicals (back-to-back), continues on with a holiday staple, includes a world premiere and, of course, men in women's clothing. Returning to popular genres while exploring new territory, the new season promises to take Who Wants Cake? to new, artistic heights. All productions are to be performed at The Ringwald Theatre, located at 22742 Woodward Avenue in downtown Ferndale. For more information and ticket reservations, please call 248-545-5545 or visit us online at: www.WhoWantsCakeTheatre.com
Who Wants Cake? 2009/2010 Season
· August 21-September 28, 2009:RENT by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Jamie Richards
Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera La Bohème makes its debut on The Ringwald stage in a dynamic production!· October 23-November 16, 2009:
Evil Dead: The Musical Book and Lyrics by George Reinblatt, Music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris, George Reinblatt
Directed by Joe Plambeck
Based on Sam Raimi's 80's cult classic films, Evil Dead tells the tale of 5 college kids who travel to a cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force. The show is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, "camp" takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like "Do the Necronomicon." Expect buckets of blood and side-splitting (pun intended) laughs!
The SantaLand Diaries and Season's Greetings by David Sedaris
Directed by Jamie Richards
Mr. Sedaris' delightful anti-holiday treat makes its return to the Ringwald stage.· January 8-February 1, 2010:
A Little Work by Anita Diamant and Stephen McCauley-A World Premiere!
Directed by Jamie Warrow
This new play, by popular novelists Diamant (The Red Tent) and McCauley (The Object of My Affection), tells the story of Mia, a woman of a certain age, who is not as fulfilled as she would hope. Her husband may be having an affair, her aimless daughter is home from college with her GBF (Gay Best Friend), and her dearest friend (a world-renowned self-help author) has just shown up on her doorstep immediately following a facelift. Will Mia give in to peer pressure and go under the knife to raise her self-worth? Who Wants Cake? is thrilled to present the world premiere of this very funny and very touching comedy!
The Busy World is Hushed by Keith Bunin
Directed by Jamie Richards
Hannah, a minister and Bible scholar, finds her faith at odds with that of Thomas, her estranged, wayward son. But when an inquisitive young writer hired to assist Hannah with her latest publication learns painful secrets from Hannah's past, she spies a risky, unconventional opportunity for reconciliation. The Busy World is Hushed is a thought-provoking look at why religion, faith, and the human heart can't always be reconciled. This provocative and moving new play offers a refreshing take on the overlap between religion and homosexuality.· April 2-26, 2010:
Hurlyburly by David Rabe
Directed by Joe Bailey
This riveting drama focuses on the intersecting lives of several low-to-mid-level Hollywood players in the 1980s. Fueled by massive amounts of drugs, the characters dive nose-deep in that decadent, perverted, cocaine culture as they pursue a sex-crazed, drug-addled vision of the American Dream.
With a cast that includes Stephen Blackwell, Joel Mitchell, Chuck Reynolds, Jon Ager, Cassandra McCarthy, and Jamie Warrow, Hurlyburly is not to be missed! · May 14-June 7, 2010:
Die! Mommie! Die! by Charles Busch
Directed by Joe Plambeck
This comic melodrama, from the author of Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, evokes the 1960's movie thrillers that featured such aging cinematic icons as Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Faded pop singer, Angela Andrews (played by Joe Bailey), is trapped in a corrosive marriage to film producer, Sol Sussman. In her attempt to find happiness with her younger lover, Angela murders her husband. In a plot that reflects both Greek tragedy as well as Hollywood folklore, Angela's resentful daughter, Edith, convinces Angela's emotionally disturbed son, Lance, to avenge their father's death by killing their mother. The result is the kind of hilarity that can only come from Charles Busch!Who Wants Cake? opened the doors to their resident home, The Ringwald, in May 2007 with Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy. Quickly, The Ringwald became a mainstay of Detroit's theatre community. Their first season offered up slice after slice of successful shows including Southern Baptist Sissies, Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical, Bug, The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode, The Bad Seed, and Killer Joe. Who Wants Cake? was named the 2008 Best Theatre Group in Channel 4's Vote 4 The Best contest.
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