{"id":242,"date":"2018-05-03T17:16:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T17:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2018-08-01T18:14:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T18:14:23","slug":"stop-kiss-receives-standing-ovation-from-tamuk-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/03\/stop-kiss-receives-standing-ovation-from-tamuk-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stop Kiss\u2019 Receives Standing Ovation from TAMUK Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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There was not a dry eye to be seen as the cast of Diana Son\u2019s \u201cStop Kiss\u201d took their final bow opening night on April 27.<\/p>

Across the two and a half hour show, the crowd got to see the charming personalities of two best friends. Callie, played by Michaelina Gonzales, and Sara, played by Trissa Alimeke.<\/p>

Alongside the quaint scenes of sharing glasses of wine and having sleepovers, tragedy struck as a man assaulted the two leads while sharing their first kiss, leading to Sara being put into a coma.<\/p>

Seeing the two storylines put together in a nonlinear structure forced the actresses to be quick on their feet. They were expected to act in a scene that was happy and loving, then quickly transition to a horrific and tragic scene.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019ve never played a lesbian role before,\u201d began Gonzales, \u201cit taught me to feel comfortable with who I am, and don\u2019t let anyone get in the way of that.\u201d<\/p>

All the more impressive was Alimeke who, while having done theater prior to \u201cStop Kiss,\u201d was in her first lead role for this production.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m used to having one scene,\u201d Alimeke said. To get rid of nerves, Alimeke would often listen to music from rapper 21 Savage or singer Beyonce to get her hyped and ready for her performance.<\/p>

The lead actresses weren\u2019t the only ones proud of what happened on stage. Director of \u201cStop Kiss\u201d Laurie Guajardo could barely contain her excitement.<\/p>

\u201cIt was great, the acting was on point, my actors are stellar, lights, costumes everything was great,\u201d gushed Guajardo.<\/p>

Like any live show, not everything was as perfect behind the scenes as people in the audience would believe last-minute changes were made on opening night.<\/p>

\u201cWe started practicing with curtains which we didn\u2019t have last night,\u201d Stage Manager Luis Aguilar said.<\/p>

\u201cWe started with actual beverages, and some cues went differently.\u201d<\/p>

These changes did not worry Guajardo, but she was not deterred and was confident that the show would stand strong with or without the changes.<\/p>

\u201cThe show is strong enough to stand on its own, so I wasn\u2019t too worried about it,\u201d Guajardo said.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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