A Lesbian in the Kitchen – A Cosy Queer Baking Show
Created by Willow Rosenberg | Produced by Willow Roots Productions | Origin: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Atelier Theatre
Show Details
Willow Rosenberg (she/her) invites you into her kitchen and bakes you cookies while sharing stories centred around some of her favourite recipes. You will feel like you are truly just spending time in your friend’s kitchen as Willow discusses her queerness, Judaism, ADHD, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome & chronic pain, and relationship with her mum, of blessed memory. Always bringing it back to her lifelong passion for baking.
Showtimes
- Thursday, June 1810:00pm
- Friday, June 196:30pm
- Saturday, June 207:00pm
- Sunday, June 215:00pm
- Tuesday, June 237:30pm
- ² Wednesday, June 247:00pm
- ¹ Thursday, June 258:00pm
- Friday, June 269:00pm
- Saturday, June 273:00pm
Whether you have a favourite spatula, bake once or twice a year, live in constant fear of being told to “just fold it in”, or simply want to know what a Jewish Vagina Cookie(tm) is, this 2025 Jenny Award winning one-woman show about love, life, tradition (but make it gay), and the joys of home baking is for you!
You should definitely come see this show if you:
– have fond memories of listening to stories over a cup of tea while the smell of freshly baked cookies fills the room (or want some new ones – cookies or memories);
– are interested in connecting with tradition and traditional work through a queer, disabled, transformative lens;
– have a sense of humour so heavily informed by meme culture, especially tumblr meme culture, that you saw the graphics for this show and connected to it on a deep spiritual level usually reserved for the latest coffee shop AU, enemies to lovers, f*ck canon, 150k words fanfic starring your favourite (gay, obvs) ship that you just found on AO3 and read in one go because who needs sleep anyways? (no, you can’t have Willow’s AO3 handle, soz)
Written & Performed by Willow Rosenberg (she/her)
Directed by Sophie Goyette-Hamels (she/her)
Special Thanks for help with Staging, Editing, & Sound Design to Chippy (she/her)
Props & Set Pieces generously donated by Fox of Glenelm Vinatge in Winnipeg, MB
9 responses to “A Lesbian in the Kitchen – A Cosy Queer Baking Show”
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Very sweet cooking show!
Attachant, clever.
Willow’s candor and warmth transported me into her kitchen, it didn’t hurt that the scent of cookies wafted through the theatre. A delightful show performed by a master storyteller.
A very sweet show – in more ways than one. Willow tells a variety of stories about her history with baking, and intersections of queerness and disability with family and tradition. When it all comes together at the end, it really is a moving moment.
We got a cookie after too. I mean, what else could you want at Fringe?
A premise perfectly executed. This is cosy, this is very queer, and it is definitely baking. Willow is a very capable raconteur and her tales of the connection and love that encircle the art of baking will resonate with anyone who has ever baked, eaten, or loved.
This show is a good time hanging with queer folks as we are entertained and educated on cooking, life and Judaism through a lesbian non-traditionalist baker lens (ie, the charismatic lesbian baker and orator Willow).
This is a very pleasant and gentle show witnessing Willow paying homage to her mother, and her culture while creating new and original forms of expression. Willow is honest, authentic, very smart, well-educated, sharp and witty. Without any vitriol or negativity, she knows how to inform and how to connect with her audience. Willow is inclusive and fun. I would recommend this show to anybody who enjoys spending a lot of time in the kitchen, a little time in the kitchen, or no time in the kitchen at all.
A wonderful show!! Very fun and funny but also heartfelt, relatable, and the lovely smell of fresh baked cookies added to the kitchen feel. Cute merch as well!
My wife and I aren’t sure how a show can make us hungry, horny and homesick all in an hour but “A Lesbian in the Kitchen” definitely did. We kept giggling at the cookies, playfully nudging each other when it hit a little close to home and awe when the heartfelt stories made me tear up. Left the show feeling like we caught up with an old friend over tea and cookies.