The Fabulous Kane Cast Cookies

If you look at the Kane Sisters web site you might think that you are in for an evening of song, dance, bawdy burlesque if you will. (David A. Rudd pictured)

Nothing could be further from the truth. There are no top hats and canes to be found in this farce. In fact by the time the actors appear for the bows we are dying to see some actual act from these Kane Sisters. The curtain call would have been a perfect opportunity to pull out the canes, the hats and the fancy socks and give us the number. But alas, yet another opportunity was missed.

With a plot as thin as Angel hair pasta and jokes from tired drag queens throughout history, you might wonder what this show has to offer and why on earth they get their own cookies.

This show offers some of the most talented cast members of any fringe show. Actors that make their caricatures into characters. Actors who are given no jokes who still manage to get laughs out of almost non-existent situations. There are too many talented folks to cite each one so I am printing the cast list out. They make a show that in lesser hands would have been unbearable into an evenings entertainment. I want to see more of all of these folks.

The Newscaster ............Zach Kleinsmith
Pice ............................... Andrew Dawson*
Shifty .............................Brent Erdy*
Lynn ...............................Elizabeth Bove*
Rory .............................. Patrick McCarthy*
Belva ..............................Sheila Stasack*
Romaine ........................Elizabeth West*
Merkin .......................... Brent Erdy*
Stinky .............................Nicholas Gorham
Buddy ............................. Christian Pedersen*
Lana ................................Marc Geller*
Nova ............................... Bill Roulet*
Slats ................................Christopher H. Matthews*
Pansy .............................. Marta Reiman*
Buster ..............................David A. Rudd*

*member Actors' Equity Association

Marc Geller who wrote and directed and acts in this bit of fluff shows his strengths only as a director. He coaxes the most out of a bare stage and out of his fellow performers.

So this talented cast gets a chocolate chip cookie, a thin one. It's been done about a thousand times before; there is little original about this recipe but if you do it well and put love and enthusiasm into your baking, these cookies will get a round of applause.

3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1.5 teaspoons salt
3 sticks butter softened
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 beaten egg whites
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon brandy
2 packages dark chocolate bits (if you get chips, get one large chip and one mini chip)

Stir together your dry ingredients and set aside. In a large mixing bowl cream butter with sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla and brandy. Stir in flour mixture with a spoon; stir in chocolate chips. Then get your small ice cream scooper or a tablespoon. Shape cookie dough into little balls. Place about 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheets, or us parchment if your baking sheets are as old as mine. Bake at 325° for about 15 minutes, or until flat and browned. Cool completely on the baking sheets. Store in airtight containers. This recipe makes enough cookies to feed a cast party.