The Pearl Company

Black Box Fire presents: STOP Kiss
an OBIE-award winning play by: Diana Son
Directed by: Stephanie Davidson
January 18, 19, 24, 25 at 8:00 pm, January 26 at 2:00pm and 8 pm
Tickets: $15 general admission / $12 students
For tickets and more information, visit www.blackboxfire.com

Stop Kiss is the poignant story of two women who meet and discover a deeper relationship than either had expected. Cast: Callie: Emily Tate
Sara: Stephanie Yantsis
George: A.J. Haygarth
Detective Cole: Matthew Dyck
Mrs. Winsley / Nurse: Caroline Concordia
Peter: Shane McCartney

The Production Team: Director: Stephanie Davidson; Stage Manager: Iain Lacourt; Producer: Matthew Moore

Callie is a typical 20-something New Yorker who feels trapped in her job and is still hanging out with the same people she did in college. She takes a chance and befriends Sara, a confidant teacher from St. Louis who has moved to the city to work in the Bronx. As their friendship grows deeper and sexual tensions start to rise, both women are uncertain about making the first move. Then one passionate night they share their first kiss – and are tragically and brutally assaulted moments later. With Sara in a coma, Callie must decide whether to stay and take care of her or simply walk away.

An unusual timeline which combines past and future events enhances Diana Son’s realistic, sometimes comedic, witty, emotionally charged, and painfully bittersweet script. Stop Kiss is an experience which will leave you depressed, oddly hopeful, and thinking about the consequences of your actions and hesitations.

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