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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
A Play by DIANA SON
Directed by LIZ HOUCK
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Callie...........................................................................................................JASMINE JAMES
Sara...............................................................................................................IMANI HANLEY
Detective Cole.....................................................................................ASHLEY GRAHAM
Mrs. Winsley/Nurse........................................................................ABIGAIL McNEELY
George...................................................................................................FREDDIE POWERS
Peter.....................................................................................................DeAUDREY OWENS
CREW
Lab Theatre Production Manager.....................................................DAVID BRITT
Technical Director................................................................................CURTIS SMOAK
Stage Manager/Costume Supervisor.....................................KIRA NEIGHBORS
Assistant Stage Manager........................................................CHARLOTTE ZURAW
Lighting Designer.................................................................................NICOLE BELLAS
Projectionist/Sound Designer................................................................O.K. KEYES
Dresser...........................................................................................SUSANNA McELVEEN
Run Crew.............................................................................................SULLIVAN BOYKIN
Stop Kiss is presented by special arrangement with
Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
Original New York Production by The New York Shakespeare Festival,
George C. Wolfe, Producer.
This play was written with support from Playwrights Horizons made possible in part by
funds granted to the author through a program sponsored by Amblin Entertainment, Inc.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
In the play, Sara is always asking Callie, "What do you want?" Callie answers
her question with a kiss, which is a satisfactory answer for Sara, but
unaccepted by the society in which they live. In an artistic sense, I seek
to answer this question for myself and for every marginalized woman:
queer women, women of color, trans women, battered women, gender
non-conforming women, and women who are too wonderful to fall into any
of the categories aforementioned. Try as I may, I know my answer will fall
short: for me to try to answer such a question is overwhelming because the
oppression of the patriarchy is overwhelming, thus making the question of
"What do you want?" difficult to answer for myself, much more for all the
voices I hope are some day heard.
Art of this kind is revolutionary and invites us to not only reflect on being
part the "problem" but to refract, examining the world as a whole through
our beautifully broken lenses. While directing Stop Kiss has answered many
of the questions that I had before starting the process, it has left me with
even more questions since its beginning. Asking these questions about
the patriarchy, about systemic oppression, about intolerance requires an
immeasurable amount of courage. My hope is that this show emboldens
us to be courageous and ask these difficult questions as we move forward.
Love and light,
Liz
SPECIAL THANKS
David Britt
Curtis Smoak
Lisa Martin-Stuart
Robert Richmond
Erica Tobolski
Peter Duffy
Kevin Bush
Theatre South Carolina
Office of Multicultural Student
Affairs
LGBT Programs
School of Visual Arts and Design
The Daily Gamecock
Jasper Columbia
Alexandra Herstik
Jordan Young
Off Off Broadway
Lab Theatre Company
Karli Wells
Mama Rosa Zozaya
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