About the play
The play opens on Ernestine Ashworth’s 17th birthday, where she is agonizing about her place in the universe and her plans for a meaningful life. Soon, it is her 18th birthday, then her 41st, her 70th, her 101st. It’s a play, not just about one woman’s life, but also about what changes, what stays the same, and the things that make a lifetime a life. Every scene takes place on her birthday as she bakes a cake in her kitchen.
And yes, we actually bake a cake onstage!
Celebrate our 50th anniversary with us after the show, where there will be birthday cake and a video retrospective of the Catskill Players 50 years in shows, created by Raphael Sason.
Birthday Candles stars Diana Friedell as Ernestine, and includes Maria Johnson, Rebecca Maeder Chien, Alyssa Christman, Lisa Ruth Mays, Lee Lattimer, Ben Friedell, J Lentner, Charles Sherard, Layla Butterman, and Jackson Hildebrandt. The production is directed by Rosemary Summers. Charlie Reiman is our Stage Manager and assistant director.
Birthday Candles is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
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The Catskill Community Players are a recipient of a Community Events Grant administered by the Otsego County Government.
CCP events are made possible with public funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a program of the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Earlville Opera House.
CCP are a recipient of a Community Events Grant administered by the Otsego County Government.
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