IT: The Cake

The Cake
September 7 – 21, 2025
INVISIBLE THEATRE
1400 N 1st Avenue
Tucson, AZ. 85719
Box Office – 520-882-9791
TICKET PRICE – $45.00
TICKET LINK – https://invisibletheatre.com/shows/the-cake-by-bekah-brunstetter/

The Invisible Theatre opens IT’s 54th season with Bekah Brunstetter’s THE CAKE from September 7-21. THE CAKE explores faith, family, and the complicated ties that bind when a small southern bakery becomes the center of an unexpected cultural clash. The Invisible Theatre production brings fresh emotional nuance and wry humor to Brunstetter’s celebrated script. Brunstetter side steps easy answers and pat revelations to produce a nuanced comedy about people coming to terms with who they are and where they are from. Betsy Kruse Craig, IT’s Managing Artistic Director, steps into the director’s chair for THE CAKE, and the cast includes Gretchen Wirges, Hannah Turner, Myani Watson, and Lucas Gonzales.

“The Cake, through its warmth and gentle humor, suggests that all sides need to embrace a vulnerability that leads to mutual understanding. It is time to build more bridges and fewer walls.” Nate Beyer, Boston’s THE ART FUSE

“The challenge, the play suggests, is to protect change by continuing to be engaged with those who oppose it, even if it sometimes means spackling cracks in the social contract with heaps of frosting. Because in a democracy, for better or worse, we are all married to one other.” Jesse Green, The New York Times

The Invisible Theatre is proud to have Tucson’s Senior Pride as a Community Partner for this production. A portion of the proceeds will go toward their work in our community. THE CAKE will run from September 7th through 21st. featuring a talk-back with the director, cast, and production staff on Thursday, September 18th, following the show. The show runs 90 minutes with no intermission. Age recommendation is High School PG. For tickets and additional information, visit www.invisibletheatre.com or call 520-882-9721. Group and student discounts are available.

CAST

Della: Gretchen Wirges

Jen: Hannah Turner

Macy: Myani Watson

Tim: Lucas Gonzales

PERFORMANCE DATES

Sunday, Sept. 7, 2pm (Preview)

September 9, 7:30pm (Preview)

September 10, 7:30pm (Opening Night)

September 11, 7:30pm

September 12, 7:30pm

September 13, 2pm

September 14, 2:00pm

September 17, 7:30pm

September 18, 7:30pm (Talk Back)

September 19. 7:30pm

September 20, 2:00pm

September 20. 7:30pm

September 21, 2:00pm

PRODUCTION STAFF

Director: Betsy Kruse Craig

Producer: Betsy Kruse Craig

Set Design: James Blair and Betsy Kruse Craig

Sound Design: Michael Menaguin

Light Design: James Blair

Costume Design: Maryann Trombino

Production Stage Manager: Linda Pierce

Marketing: Nick Voutsas

Box Office: Louis Tancredi

Executive Administrator: Alayna Voutsas

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Bekah Brunstetter hails from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and currently lives in Los Angeles. Her play The Cake has been produced over 100 times worldwide, and ran off Broadway at Manhattan Theater Club. Her musical A.D. 16, about teen Jesus and Mary Magdalene, written with Schmigadoon’s Cinco Paul, premiered at the Olney Theater Center.

Her musical adaptation of the Notebook, written with Ingrid Michaelson, is currently running on Broadway. Her work has been staged and developed by The O’Neill Playwright’s conference, the Atlantic Theater, Portland Center Stage, The Old Globe, the La Jolla Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, The Echo theater, Playmaker’s Rep, and Ojai Playwright’s conference.

As a TV writer and producer, she has written for Switched at Birth, American Gods, This is Us, and Maid. She’s developed pilots with Hulu, Apple, Skydance, Heyday, and Bad Robot. She won a WGA award for her work on Maid.

She is an alumnus of the CTG Writers Group, Primary Stages writes group, Ars Nova Play Group, The Playwright’s Realm, and the Women’s Project Lab, and the Echo Playwright’s Group and has a BA from UNC Chapel Hill; MFA in Dramatic Writing from the New School for Drama.

THE INVISIBLE THEATRE

The Invisible Theatre (IT) of Tucson, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, is dedicated to producing quality theatre and arts education experiences for all facets of the community, in an intimate setting that showcases local professional talent and guest artists. Started in 1971 as an arena for local playwrights, the theatre has expanded its programs to include adaptations of classics and recent Off-Broadway plays and musicals, while continuing to encourage new playwrights through both full productions and stage readings. For additional information on Invisible Theatre visit www.invisibletheatre.com, or call 520-882-9721.