Makin' Cake with Dasha Kelly Hamilton

Four Seasons Theatre presents Wisconsin's outgoing poet laureate, Dasha Kelly Hamilton, in an innovative spoken word production that promises to be “A Creative Community Conversation about Race, Culture, and Class through the History of Cake.” Yes, the cake is there as “a way to examine ingredients,” in Hamilton's words. This is not a cooking lesson, nor is it a history lecture. But the audience will get thinking about race in America — and leave with a cupcake. In fact a “dessert and dialogue” session follows the performance. Can we send some cupcakes to Florida?

media release: “A Creative Community Conversation about Race, Culture, and Class through the History of Cake”

Part history lesson, part social science revelation, “Makin’ Cake,” a spoken word theatrical performance that slices into American history exploring race, culture and class, is a short story about America's sweet tooth and pathway to salvation.  Refreshing and fun, “Makin’ Cake” leaves room for dessert and dialogue with a cupcake reception immediately following the performance.  Two sho

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Andrew Feller

A person and a cake.

"Makin' Cake with Dasha Kelly Hamilton," Four Seasons Theatre, 2023.

ws only - Friday 3/10 at 7:30 pm and Saturday 3/11 at 7:30 pm!

Tickets: Overture Center Box Office in person, at (608) 258-4141, or online.

Partial support for this production provided by the Great Performance Fund for Theater, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation.  

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Named Poet Laureate of Wisconsin and Artist of the Year by the City of Milwaukee in 2021, Dasha Kelly Hamilton introduces herself as a “writer, performer, facilitator, mother, daughter, sister, builder, dreamer, phenomenon and change agent.”  An internationally traveled speaker, she hosts live storytelling events for “The Moth,” has released four spoken-word recordings, has written two novels, and appeared on HBO presents Russell Simmon’s “Def Poetry Jam.”   She founded Still Waters Collective in 2002 as an open mic and grew the event into an organization and award-winning community-building initiative.  Dasha holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University and an MA in Marketing Communications from Roosevelt University.