One cup of butter, half a cup of sugar, two eggs, two teaspoons of vanilla extract, two cups of flour. This recipe ― pinned to a bulletin board ― is the first thing the audience sees when walking into Northlight Theatre in Skokie. Hand-scrawled and simple, it promises the memories of home, family and a.
Kate Fry stars opposite her husband, Timothy Edward Kane, in Northlight Theatre s Chicago-area premiere of "Birthday Candles," Noah Haidle s dramedy chronicling the life of a self-described "rebel against the universe" whose impact is measured in the effect she has on family and friends.
In lesser hands than those of director Jessica Thebus and her superb ensemble, the Chicago premiere of Noah Haidle s “Birthday Candles” at Northlight Theatre might seem stilted and overly sentimental.