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 Iron Kisses
by James Still
Directed by Sidonie Garrett
Featuring Nathan Darrow and Karen Errington
April 27-May 20, 2007
PREVIEWS April 25 and 26
Talk back
performances May 1, 6 and 8
What: “This play is
about the mysteries of family – the roles that
we play that are as inescapable as they are comfortable.
Told by
two actors through the stories of a Midwestern mother
and father,
a straight sister and a gay brother, it’s about love,
marriage, secrets,
judgment, surprise – people doing the best they can.
It’s about
how families evolve and how they grow up.”
Why: “Aren’t you
interested in how early experiences define who
we become? At this particular time in our culture it
seems important
to look at our lives – messy as they can be – to look
deeply at how
our families shaped us to be both what we are and what
we don’t
want to be. It’s time to own up to where we have come
from.”
~James Still, playwright
Reviews...
Kansas City Star--Posted on Thur., April. 26, 2007
Gifted actors at top of game (May
require registration)
Despite nuanced performances on stage,
playwright James Still’s work feels unfinished.
By ROBERT TRUSSELL
Pitch--Posted on May 3, 2007
Sons and Lovers (Click
for complete story)
The Unicorn blows Iron Kisses to
small-town parents everywhere.
By Alan
Scherstuhl
InfoZine--Tuesday, April 24,
2007 :: infoZine Staff
Iron Kisses at the Unicorn Theatre, Review
(click for complete
story)
Using two actors to
play all the parts, Still has crafted a beautiful story of a
Midwestern family and how they helped each other grow up.
Other Press...
Kansas City Star--Posted on Thur., May 10, 2007
Heavy 'Kisses' (May
require registration)
Writer allowed play about grief and love
to come to him.
By ROBERT TRUSSELL
89.3 KCUR--Posted on
Fri.., April 27, 2007
Playwright James Still's Works in Two Kansas City Venues
(Click to hear interview)
This weekend, the voice of a
writer with deep Kansas roots, James Still, will be heard in
two very different Kansas City theater venues.
By
STEVE WALKER
Kansas City Star--Posted on
Thur., April. 26, 2007
Pucker up and hope for the Best
(May require
registration)
The pursuit of happiness is just that — a pursuit. How hard
someone runs after it is up to the individual, except that
individuals come from families, and we all know how those
can be.
By BRIAN McTAVISH
InfoZine--Tuesday, April 24,
2007 :: infoZine Staff
Iron Kisses, Midwest-Grown Play Comes Home to Unicorn
(click for complete
story)
Using two actors to
play all the parts, Still has crafted a beautiful story of a
Midwestern family and how they helped each other grow up.
James
Still's
(Playwright)
award-winning plays have been produced at theaters
throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
He is the playwright in residence at the Indiana Repertory
Theatre, a winner of the William Inge Festival's "Otis
Gurnsey New Voices in American Theatre" award, the Charlotte
B. Chorpenning Playwright Award for Distinguished Body of
Work, and three of his plays have received the Distinguished
Play Award from the American Alliance for Theatre and
Education. His plays have been developed and work shopped at
Sundance, the New Harmony Project, the Bonderman, and New
Visions/New Voices at the Kennedy Center.
In addition to his work in the theater, Mr. Still also works
in television and film and has been nominated for four
Emmys, twice a finalist for the Humanitas Prize, and a
Television Critics Association Award. He is a producer and
head writer for the series "Paz" airing daily on both TLC
and Discovery Kids, and head writer and producer for a new
series called "Frog & Friends" for Amsterdam-based
Telescreen. For Nickelodeon, he was a writer and story
editor for Maurice Sendak's "Little Bear" and the Bill Cosby
series "Little Bill." He wrote "The Little Bear Movie" and
the feature film "The Velocity of Gary." Still grew up in a
small town in Kansas, graduated from the University of
Kansas, and currently lives in Venice, California.
Sidonie Garrett
previously
directed Thanatos, SubUrbia, The Waiting Room,
Light/Damage (with Cynthia Levin), Slight Defect,
Santaland Diaries, Spinning Into Butter, Omnium Gatherum
and The Retreat from Moscow at Unicorn
Theatre. She is the Producing Artistic Director of the
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, and directed
Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew Hamlet, Julius
Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing and King Henry V.
Sidonie directed Thanatos (NYC), and for Fourth
Wall Productions co-directed Tony & Tina's Wedding
(KC & St. Louis), and Aunt Chooch's Birthday
Party, (KC & NYC). At the Coterie Theatre she
directed Mr. A's Amazing Maze Plays, Of Mice
and Men, Little House by the Shores of Silver
Lake, Playing for Time and After Juliet, and
Greater Tuna and Rose’s Dilemma at
American Heartland Theatre. Sidonie also co-produced
and directed Widow's Blind Date, Sex, Drugs,
Rock & Roll and Serenading Louie for Ground
Zero Productions. With the Kansas City Symphony, Sidonie
was staging director for the ‘Magic of Christmas’ and
staged The Marriage of Figaro and Falstaff
for Civic Opera Theatre. In summer 2007, Sidonie will
direct Romeo and Juliet the 15th
Anniversary production of the Heart of America
Shakespeare Festival.
 Nathan Darrow (Billy)
is very honored to be working again at the Unicorn where he recently appeared in The Pillowman directed by Joseph Price. Other productions at the Unicorn include The Retreat From Moscow directed by Sidonie Garrett as well as Painted Alice and Bright Ideas. A Kansas City native, Nathan was seen most recently as Leo/Maxine in Leading Ladies at the New Theatre Restaurant. Other credits include The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, and the upcoming Romeo and Juliet. He has worked at the American Heartland Theatre and has played professionally at the Roundabout, Berkley Repertory Theatre, and Madison Rep. Nathan is a graduate of the University of Evansville and NYU.
Karen Errington (Barbara)
is
delighted to return to Unicorn Theater, where she was
most recently seen as agoraphobic housewife, Jeannie
Garstecki, in this season’s The Great American
Trailer Park Musical. Other roles at the Unicorn
include Meredith Parker in Bat Boy, Nurse
Susie Monahan in Wit, Karen in Ron
Simonian’s Next of Kin and a Daughter in
Quilters. She has performed in theaters
throughout the Kansas City area for the past 15 years,
where some favorite roles include Fanny Brice in
Funny Girl, Rhetta Cupp in
Pump Boys and Dinettes, Miss Adelaide in Guys
and Dolls, and The Witch in Into the Woods.
Karen also enjoys a busy schedule as a vocalist,
and is one of “The Divas”, an eclectic female vocal
quartet based in KC. But her favorite past-time is being
Mama to her 6 year old son, Jack, who keeps her young at
heart. This one is for Betsy – because she always said I
could.
Buy
Tickets Online or call 816-531-PLAY x 10
Box Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 10-5pm
Saturday 12-4pm
(During the run of the show)
Unicorn Theatre offers $5.00 off for
senior citizens and full-time students (with valid
I.D.). Group rates are available, and students with
valid I.D. can purchase Rush Tickets for $7.00 five
minutes before curtain (based on availability)
SPECIAL
THANKS
to those who generously
donated their time, talents and services to this
production:
Bungalow Creative
Financial assistance has been provided by
Missouri Arts Council, a state
agency.
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