Cakewalk Chronicles the twenty-year love affair between Lillian Hellman and the writer Peter “Cuff” Feibleman. The temptuous affair begins when Hellman invites the young writer to her home on Martha’s Vineyard to help him with his second novel. She is in her fifties and he is twenty-eight. At the opening of Act II, Hellman visits Feibleman’s home in New Orlenas to begin her memoirs and reclaim her bisexual lover. In the end, Hellman, paralyzed and blind, clings to her love for him.
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Lilly
Eliane Stritch
Lilly
Eliane Stritch
Cuff
John Slattery
Cuff
John Slattery
Mother/Mary Wilson/Dolly/Clara/Young Woman/Esther/Second Interviewer/Stewardess/Rita/Head Nurse
Stephanie Roth
Mother/Mary Wilson/Dolly/Clara/Young Woman/Esther/Second Interviewer/Stewardess/Rita/Head Nurse
Stephanie Roth
Guest/Lawyer/Sam Wilson/Captain/Young Man/Interviewer/Sid/Air Steward/Edgar/Buddy/Funeral Guest
Matthew Rauch
Guest/Lawyer/Sam Wilson/Captain/Young Man/Interviewer/Sid/Air Steward/Edgar/Buddy/Funeral Guest