- By Dan Veaner
- Around Town
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ITHACA, NY: On Valentine’s Day – the most romantic evening of the year -- the Kitchen Theatre Company's KITCHEN SINK Series presents Kiss Me. Whether you are college age, baby-boomer or older adult – no one forgets that “first kiss”! In a delightful series of short scenes and monologues an ensemble of eight Ithaca College students perform original text that celebrates that staggering rush of first love through the poignant crush of lost love. Directed by faculty member Jim Utz, the group shares the joys, wonders, sorrows and memories of kissing. There will be two late-night performances only on Tuesday, February 14 at 9:00 and 11:00pm. Tickets are only $8 and are available in advance by calling the Ticket Center at 607. 273-4497 or at the door on the evening of the performance.
Kiss Me premiered at the Kitchen Theatre last summer 2005. The piece is the result of a collaboration led by IC professor Norm Johnson and a group of IC students summering in Ithaca. The revised version combines aspects of the original piece with new additions by new members. The text is based on real-life love experiences and is a blend of comedy, romance and the serious side of kissing. Through sequences with titles like “The Rebound”, “synchronized kissing”, “The Kissing Olympics”, “Make Out Masterpiece Theatre” and more, each variety and circumstance of kissing is sweetly and lustily explored.
The cast includes Abby Church, Gillian Glasco, Pete Gray, Andrew Krug, Miranda Libkin, Kristen Magee, Karim Muasher, and Mark Spellman and is directed by Jim Utz.
KITCHEN SINK Producer and Kitchen Theatre Assistant Artistic Jesse Bush says, “We are thrilled to have Kiss Me as a special Valentine's Day event. It continues our longstanding relationship with the Ithaca College Theatre Department which has produced so many of our most important collaborators, like me!,"
Wine and dine your sweetheart and then experience true love through a series of romantic recollections of first kisses.
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