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This Memory doesn't Taste like a Birthday Cake title
- World Premiere


Written & directed by Andy Cui
Starring Athena Yin

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What does memory taste like?

Having never celebrated a birthday, L is throwing her dream 28th. With a menu of childhood dishes and a long-awaited cake, L cooks the stories of growing up with incarcerated parents, serving memories one bite at a time to the party guests—and you’re all invited, woohoo!

https://www.happybdaytol.com/

Running time: This Memory doesn't Taste like a Birthday Cake 70-90 Minutes $15.

Cabaret Theater

Showtimes:
Sunday - August 23 - 8 pm
Monday - August 24- 9 pm
Tuesday - August 25 - 6:30 pm

Cast
Athena Yin

ANDI CUI (director) is a New York based theater maker that writes, directs, performs and dramaturgs. Her practice centers on solo or small-cast works, utilizing episodic narrative and rabbit hole structures to foreground the usually unnarratable subtlety , dream-like absurdity, and emotional residue of everyday experience. She has recently developed a particular interest in the failure and loss of language in daily scenarios, and is working on a devising project around it!

ATHENA YIN is a bilingual actor and theatre-maker. A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, she is drawn to stories that explore shared, subtle human experiences across cultures and generations, often through metaphor, synesthetic imagery, philosophy, and absurdity.


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