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Drama Canadian

Cake

by (author) Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

introduction by Nikki Shaffeeullah

afterword by Kern Albert

Publisher
Playwrights Canada Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2019
Category
Canadian, Women Authors
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781770919709
    Publish Date
    Apr 2019
    List Price
    $17.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781770919723
    Publish Date
    Apr 2019
    List Price
    $12.99

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Description

A man earns. However little, however nefariously, he earns.

Oba, a middle-aged businessman, is torn between his pride and dignity. He’s obsessed with making deals in unidentified substances to stay afloat. A powerful client named Araf arrives, interested in Oba’s business, but also his fierce, inherited servant Femi. Oba’s young progeny Mabo is hungry and desperate, but still driven by his skills and sympathetic to the needs of others.

In this stark and poetic musing on the nature and poisons of survival, Cake humanizes the dynamic between Niger and Iran and their clandestine trade in uranium, presenting a dark and critical look at oppression, consumerism, and what happens when all of our resources are dried up.

About the authors

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard (aka Belladonna the Blest) is an emcee, playwright, and agitator. Works for the stage include Reaching for Starlight, Cake, Sound of the Beast, A Man A Fish, They Say He Fell, Salome's Clothes, Gas Girls, Give It Up, The Smell of Horses, and The First Stone. She is co-editor with Yvette Nolan of the Playwrights Canada Press anthologies Refractions: Solo and Refractions: Scenes, and editor of Indian Act: Residential School Plays. DM is the creator of the 54ology and artistic director of New Harlem Productions.

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard's profile page

Nikki Shaffeeullah is a theatre artist, facilitator and activist. She has been Artistic Director of the AMY Project since 2015, and past work includes serving as Editor-​in-​Chief of alt.theatre magazine. Nikki believes art should disrupt the status quo, centre the margins, engage with the ancient, dream of the future and be for everyone.

Nikki Shaffeeullah's profile page

Originally from Trinidad, Kern Albert sometimes reads books, sometimes writes things down, sometimes watches plays and most times sits in a corner and waits for something to happen. He likes doing all those things.

Kern Albert's profile page

Editorial Reviews

"It will be exciting to see where she heads next."

Karen Fricker, Toronto Star

"Donna-Michelle St. Bernard is one fearless playwright."

Lynn Slotkin, Intermission

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