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Prelude to a Kiss

  • Whidbey Island Center for the Arts 565 Camano Avenue Langley, WA, 98260 United States (map)

You never know where one little kiss will take you…

A whirlwind courtship. A storybook wedding. A kiss for the bride. And suddenly everything changes. When Peter and Rita's brand-new marriage is strained by a magical twist of fate, true love will never mean quite the same thing again. 

This charming, funny, and poignant adult fairy tale challenges our assumptions of beauty and ageing, the limits of love, and how we navigate a life constructed by choices made by or for us.

SCHEDULE

Jun 07 | 7:30pm

Jun 08 | 7:30pm

Jun 09 | 2:00pm

Jun 14 | 7:30pm

Jun 15 | 7:30pm

Jun 16 | 2:00pm

Jun 21 | 7:30pm

Jun 22 | 7:30pm

Adult $22 | Senior $18 | Youth $15 | Military $18 | Matinee $15 

THE CAST

Bob Atkinson

Jessica Baxter

Ethan Berkley

Suzi Dixon

James Hinkley

Gail Liston

Ty Molbak

Brian Plebanek

Understudy:

Zachary Schneider

THE AUTHOR

Craig Lucas

THE CREATIVE TEAM

Direction by Deana Duncan

Costume Design by Valerie Johnson

Scenic Design by David Gignac and Tyler Raymond

Sound Design by Steve Ford

Technical Director Tyler Raymond

Stage Manager Steve Ford

Assist. Stage Managers Deb Shirey, Nancy White

STAGE NOTES

ESSAY | "Consider the Metaphor"

ARTICLE | Fear. Hope. The Life Force: Why I Write Plays — Interview with Craig Lucas

DIRECTOR'S NOTE | "Prelude to a Kiss"

MEET THE ARTISTS | Prelude to a Kiss

ARTICLE | Explore the magic of WICA’s “Prelude to a Kiss”

BIOGRAPHY | Craig Lucas

Earlier Event: June 14
Prelude to a Kiss
Later Event: June 16
Prelude to a Kiss

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts would like to begin by acknowledging that we gather on the ancestral homelands, originally known as Tscha-kole-chy (SHA-KOL-CHI) in Lushootseed (LU-SHOOT-SEED), of the Coastal Salish Peoples, on the lands of the lower Skagit, Tulalip (tuh·lay·luhp), Swinomish (SWIN-ə-mish), Snohomish (snō-hō-mish), Stillaguamish (still-uh-GWAH-mish), and Suquamish (soo-kwah-mish), who have lived in the Salish Sea basin since time immemorial and have hunted, fished, gathered, and taken care of these lands.

We respect their sovereignty, their right to self-determination, and we honor their sacred spiritual connection with the land and water.

Please join us in expressing our deepest respect and gratitude to the indigenous people of this territory and for their enduring care and protection of the land in which we currently occupy and share through the Treaty of Point Elliott signed by 82 tribes in Múckl-te-óh (Mukilteo) on January 22, 1855.