‘Stop Kiss’ combines controversy with creativity
‘Stop Kiss’
REVIEW
Pocket Playhouse
By Mason West
Oregon Daily Emerald
As my mother always says, every
work of art is somehow built around
the theme of love. “Stop Kiss,” a
play by Diana Son, is no exception.
Well, maybe a little. This play, di
rected by senior theater arts major
Minnie Goode for the Pocket Play
house, is a story about two women
who fall in love. But the fact that
they are women is not important.
While watching the scenes between
the two of them, it is just as easy to
picture the dialogue happening be
tween two people of the opposite sex.
Where the homosexuality becomes
important is in what results from the
first kiss between Sara and Callie.
The women are beaten by an
unidentified assailant who re
sponds angrily to their kissing, and
Sara ends up in a coma in the hospi
tal. The play unfolds in a series of
scenes that take place before and af
ter this event, ultimately leading to
the kiss as the last scene.
Audience members never see the
beating happen, which leaves them
with conflicting emotions of happi
ness that the girls have found each
o tlier and anxiety because they know
what will happen. Instead, Kirsten
Schmieding, who plays Mrs. Wins
lev and the nurse, said the audience
feels the repercussions of the event in
scenes dealing with the aftermath.
“You hear about hate crime, but
what you don’t hear about is all the
other victims and how their lives
are affected by this type of vio
lence,” said Schmieding. “In this
play, you get to see the ripples from
the rock.’’This statement holds a
truth to the play in another way.
Goode double-cast the two leads.
Sara and Callie, in order to do a the
ater exercise called “splashing.”
What Goode has done is rehearse two
pairs of main characters separately
with the staple members of the cast.
When the show begins on Friday, the
couples who have rehearsed together
will be broken up and re-paired with
actresses who know the lines, but not
the interpersonal dynamics.“It’s go
ing to be like seeing a different show,”
cast member Kat Reese said. “It’s so
exciting, my atoms are zinging.”
Even though the staple characters
have been rehearsing with both
casts of main characters, their char
acters interact differently with the
different leads. The whole cast ex
pressed excitement and nervous
ness about the uncertain nature of
their performances.
This unorthodox way of produc
ing a show will make for very inter
esting theater. However, if you don’t
want to take the risk, you can see the
Cast lineup
Friday: Nicole Barrett will play Sara,
and Kat Reese will play Callie.
Saturday: 2 p.m. — Darlene
Espinoza Dadras is Sara, and Reese is
Callie. 5 p.m. — Dadras is Sara, and
Sarah Linder is Callie.
Sunday: Barrett is Sara, and Linder is
Callie.
pairs that have already rehearsed to
gether during the 2 p.m. perform
ances Saturday and Sunday.
Any way you see it, the show will
be good. It deals with a very serious
issue but is not dominated by it. In
the end, it is still a great production
of two people falling in love.
Moretti’s: good bread, good atmosphere, needs work
REVIEW
Moretti’s Italian Restaurant
730 E. Broadway
By Monica Hande
Oregon Daily Emerald
Moretti’s is no secret. Although,
one might be inclined to think so,
” Considering its lack of attention.
The family-style Italian restaurant,
on the corner of Hilyard Street and
Broadway, appears to have had a little
trouble attracting business since it
opened in early September. However,
things seem to have been picking up a
little lately, and the restaurant’s ef
forts to keep customers are obvious.
During my most recent visit, the
hostess, in a blatant attempt to make
me feel welcomed, was indisputably
friendly—perhaps a little too friend
ly even. Ironically, an overdone effort
is a sure bet to make customers feel a
little on the uncomfortable side.
Despite the initial uneasiness,
things picked up a bit. My waitress,
of course, was quite amiable, and
there was never a moment in which
my Coke glass was empty. She was
also very apologetic for the “hours,”
as she put it, that it took for her to
serve my meal. Actually, those
hours were only about 10 minutes
or so — not bad at all for a pizza.
Judging by the taste of it, pizza
seems to be the specialty of the house.
The thin, New York-style crust is a
masterpiece. The cheese is gooey and
tasty but surprisingly not too greasy,
and the toppings are delicious, and
there are so many to choose from.
The price is a little steep, howev
er, which is definitively a drawback.
There are four pizza sizes: small,
medium, large and giant. A one-top
ping small pizza will run you S8.75,
and a giant is $16.10. And, of
course, expect to pay more for gour
met toppings and specialty pizzas.
But if sharing a pizza doesn’t
work out, go for the calzone. For
only $6.25, you can get a gigantic
three-filling calzone. And what
makes it so huge are the plentiful in
gredients. Be sure you really like
what you order in your calzone be
cause you’re going to get a lot of it.
Plus, there’s always the option of
choosing a main aish. However,
those that I’ve tasted, including the
chicken parmesan and the lasaena,
are a bit bland. Maybe it’s a lacb of
spices in the sauce; maybe it’s the
meat itself. Regardless, these dishes
are not on the top of my list of rec
ommendations.
Of course, no matter what you or
der, you will be subjected to some of
the best bread served at a family-style
restaurant: tomato olive. The incredi
ble part is that Moretti’s bypasses the
butter and offers oil and vinegar in
stead. Even if the bread is the only
reason you visit this establishment,
you’ll probably find that it’s worth it.
Although, dining is not the only
reason to go to Moretti's. At 10 p.m.,
the restaurant transforms into a 21
and-older night club. An unusual
mix, you ask? Yes it is.
Sure, it’s a nice idea to cater to the
college crowd at night, but decora
tive plates on the walls and a lovely
fountain near the dance floor is like
ly not going to attract those interest
ed in the night life. And as I’ve no
ticed during my few visits there at
night, Moretti’s doesn’t really pull
in a large crowd. The dance floor’s
relatively small, which really does
n’t even matter when nobody’s
dancing, and the three pool tables
are in a tight space, making some
shots rather difficult.
But there are some definite advan
tages. The tables used for the restau
rant provide a wonderful place to sit
and talk in an area where the music
isn’t blaring into your ears.
The drinks are also pretty good,
and because the place isn’t crowded,
the service at the bar is immediate.
And there’s still food. Pizzas are
available all night long, and so are
most of the appetizers, including
Italian-style nachos, an unusual but
tasty item.
Moretti’s has some improvements
to make, but overall, it’s a pretty good
place to frequent. Its location near
campus is ideal. There’s no reason
more people shouldn’t go there, if for
no other reason than to check it out
and decide for themselves.
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