There Will Be Cake!

There Will Be Cake!

Two working women, one kitchen, fifty years apart.

A sweet, site-specific musical drama pairing two mono-operas about memory and food, featuring words of wisdom from Julia Child herself! One short opera bakes us a chocolate cake, the other spreads joy! Mixed together, these mono-operas make for one hour of a delicious and joy-filled community event…and yes, there WILL be cake!

Bon Appetit! By Lee Hoiby, Julia Child & Mark Shulgasser. Featuring Mezzo Soprano Hailey McAvoy singing the role of Julia Child.

Paired with OPrak’s first commissioned work, Fluffernutter by Spicer Carr & Marianna Mott Newirth. Featuring Zwisenfach Shanley Horvitz singing the role of Sarah Karmichael.

Stage direction by Gwynn MacDonald

Music direction by Calvin Hitchcock

Produced by Opera Praktikos

Buy your tickets now to join us at Asylum NYC on December 12th, 13th, and 14th at 1:30 pm!

Poster for "There Will Be Cake!" by Opera Praktikos, a performance featuring two musicals "Bon Appétit!" and "Fluffernutter," held at Asylum NYC on December 12-14, 2024. Includes a book illustration with a cake, directed by Gwynn MacDonald and Calvin Hitchcock, featuring performers Hailey McAvoy and Shanley Horvitz.

PWYC Ticket Break Down

Our Cast and Creative

  • Black and white image of a white woman with brunette hair in front of a piano

    Shanley Horvitz (Zwisenfach)

    as Sarah Karmichael

  • White woman with blonde hair in a dark blue tank top against a green botanical background

    Hailey McAvoy (Mezzo Soprano)

    as Julia Child

  • Close up of white woman with light grey hair and blue eyes

    Gwynn MacDonald

    Stage Director

  • White man with brown hair in a black button down on a grey background

    Calvin Hitchcock

    Musical Director and Accompanist

  • Bald man with glasses looking sideways.

    Spicer Carr

    Composer of Fluffernutter

  • Portrait of a woman with glasses and gray hair, wearing a black turtleneck and checkered jacket, posed against a dark green background.

    Marianna Mott Newirth

    Librettist of Fluffernutter

Opera Praktikos, Inc received operating support from OPERA America’s NYC Opera Grant: Supporting Small-Business Organizations, supported by the Howard Gilman Foundation.