Birthday Candles

By Noah Haidle

WAVE Productions
Director: Haley Bart
Assistant Director: Connor Smith
Producer: Sophie Zhang
Stage Manager: Becker Spear
Assistant Stage Manager: Tanner Watson
Intimacy Coordinator: Julie Monteleone

Costume Design: Henry Winkelman
Assistant Costume Design: Agnes Bijole-Himes
Scenic Design: Avelina Sanchez
Co-Lighting Design: Alex Yang
Co-Lighting Design: Joshua Willis
Sound Design: Ash Aranha
Music Supervisor: Sarah Novak
Props Design: Ethan Diaz
Photography: Georgia Mann

Cast: Rachel Rubin (Ernestine), Caroline Humphrey (Alice/Madeline/Ernie), Leo Kurland (Kenneth), Malik Middleton (Matt/William), Gavin Yi (Billy/John), Yunuen Mora (Joan/Alex/Beth)

Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her 18th birthday. Even sooner, her 41st. Her 70th. Her 101st. Five generations, an infinity of dreams, and one cake baked over a century. This poignant and funny play takes its audience through the highlights, heartbreaks and extraordinary moments that make up one woman’s ordinary life.