Title
Files
Playwright
Craig Lucas
Performance Dates
January 26-29 & February 2-4, 2006
Creative Team
Stage Direction by...........Dennis Romer
Set Design.......................Dan Gray
Costume Design..............Donna Williamson
Lighting Design................Rob Johnson
Sound Design..................Trent Kugler
Synopsis
Peter and Rita are two young, happy lovers who are getting married. On their wedding day, after their nuptial kiss, an old man comes up to kiss the bride. During this kiss, their souls exchange, and the young, beautiful woman Peter just married now houses the soul of a dying, old man. On their honeymoon, Peter starts to notice that something's not quite right. When he discovers the truth, he confronts the old man, who now holds Rita's soul. Peter struggles with the notion that this is his young bride, and he works feverishly to put the souls back in their original bodies. At the same time, he realizes that he loves who Rita is, no matter how she is packaged. Craig Lucas' play, first performed in 1990, was considered a metaphor for the AIDS epidemic, in which a man could find himself in a relationship with someone who was suddenly old and sick before his time.
https://stageagent.com/shows/play/1912/prelude-to-a-kiss
Disciplines
Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
College Theater, Otterbein University Theatre, Musical Theatre, Drama
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "Prelude to a Kiss" (2006). 2005-2006 Season. 4.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_2005-2006/4