A Bold and Surprisingly Humorous Late Night Opener — STOP KISS at UHM
The Late Night season in the Lab Theatre at Kennedy–UHM opens with Stop Kiss , by American playwright Diana Son. The play, about the developing relationship between two women in New York and the violence inspired by their first kiss, presents the audience with a modern, witty, realistic story. The scenes alternate back and forth between the moments leading up to and following the devastating hate crime. This is no easy project to undertake, as the script requires serious investment for the promised payoff. It’s a bold choice for Late Night, which offers the director only the minimal in terms of budget and design capability. Director Amanda Stone seemed to be going for a balance between the two sides of the conflict—the light and the dark—in the way she directed the play. The structure has the potential to be quite powerful. The audience should fall in love with the characters as the characters fall in love with each other, while the constant interruption by a predetermined future