Warm and Tender Comedy, The Cake, Opens Feb 20 at Theatre in the Round
Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 1:26PM
Theatre in the Round Players (TRP) will present The Cake, February 20 to March 15.
In this sweet comedy by Bekah Brunstetter (This is Us), Southern baker Della is content with her life and world of sugar and flour - until she’s asked by her late best friend’s daughter to bake a wedding cake for her… and her future wife.
What follows is sweet, sad, sensual, and absurd as three women must reconstruct their deepest selves – or lose the people they love most. As they navigate sex, marriage, moral codes – and the fraught politics of cake – they bump up against unquestioned patterns, unspoken desires, and the hilarious contradictions of a life lived honestly.
Directed by Jennie Ward, this warm and poignant comedy invites audiences to the kitchen table for a story about hearts and beliefs colliding — and reminds us that sometimes the sweetest acts of courage are also the most human.
The production features Jenny Ramirez as Della, Daniel Stock as Tim, Via Logan as Jen, Natavia Lewis as Macy, and Kjer Whiting as George.
The creative and production team includes Stage Manager Indigo Cabanela-Leiseth, Assistant Stage Manager Taylor Koehler, Set Designer Keven Lock, Lighting Designer Todd Reemtsma, Costume Designer Emma Shook, Prop Designer PJ Graber, and Sound Designer Jennie Ward.
A Pay-What-You-Can performance is scheduled for Monday, March 2 at 7:30pm, and an Audio-Described performance will be held on Sunday, March 8 at 2:00pm (email tix@theatreintheround.org to RSVP).
