"Stop Kiss" to be performed at St. Mary's College

April 2, 2008 (Notre Dame, Ind.)— Saint Mary’s College theater students will put on the production of the tragic comedy “Stop Kiss,” by playwright Diana Son, from April 10-13 in the Little Theater.

Son’s powerful script about two young women uses a powerful theatrical device of two converging timelines, alternating between the past and future with 23 short scenes. This has an engaging effect on audiences and presented challenges for the director, Associate Professor of Theater Katie Sullivan.

“The play’s unusual sequencing of events has quite a bit to do with the strong impact the play has on an audience. It is sophisticated in this regard, not formulaic,” she said.

Sullivan says the play has two strong female roles, which is hard to find in a script, and appealing to a theater instructor when your students are all female. “I am always looking for a play which features great roles for women. I am interested in supporting women playwrights, and I am particularly interested in contemporary plays which have been received well by the larger theatrical and literary community,” Sullivan said.

Stop Kiss has a mature theme and strong language and is not intended for children or youth. The play will be performed by students in Little Theater on April 10-12 at 7:30 p.m., and on April 13 at 2:30 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens, $7 for Saint Mary’s College, University of Notre Dame or Holy Cross College faculty and staff and $5 for Saint Mary’s College, University of Notre Dame or Holy Cross College students.

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