Stop Kiss

TheatreUSF presents Stop Kiss.

by Diana Son
Director: Dora Arreola
Light Design: Samantha Spiro
Costume Design: Lea Umberger
Scenic Design: Soledad Sanchez Valdez
Sound Design: Matthew Cowley

Callie meets Sara; the two unexpectedly fall in love, and a first kiss provokes a violent attack that transforms their lives.

Sara and Callie are walking through New York City's West Village very late at night, when they share their first kiss. This leads to a vicious attack by an angry bystander, in which Sara is horribly injured. She falls into a coma, which becomes one of the major subjects of the play. George, Callie's good friend, tries to help with the situation, but there is little he can do. Peter, Sara's ex-boyfriend from St. Louis, comes to help nurse her back to health. Throughout Stop Kiss, relationships are explored, formed, and even ended. Diana Son elaborates on the depths of human emotion and compassion in this play.

The two main women characters sit on a couch observing a magic eight ball.

A woman slightly bending forward to speak with another woman who is using a wheelchair.

A man wearing a suit talks to one of the main women characters, who is sitting on a gurney.

The two main women characters of Stop Kiss embrace each other as they kiss.

Two women look at each other from across the living room of an apartment.