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Dramaturgy Note Jasmina Sinanovic |
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Violence is the worst expression of human behavior. Its physical component hurts our bodies; its emotional component hurts our souls. One component never goes without the other. In hate crimes, violence is used as a form of oppression of one group of individuals toward another based on the difference between the two groups. However, hate is not an abstract It is an attack against, or by, people living around us, our neighbors, our colleagues, family and friends.
Diana Son, in Stop Kiss, quilts a story of two women’s friendship and attraction that leads to love and results in pain. We follow the events that led to the act of violence through Callie’s memory. We laugh with Sara and Callie in one moment and are petrified with what happened to them in the other. We want to fight for their love and by watching them we learn to love them. It is this memory of love and pain I would like you to take with you and remember when you meet someone who is different from you. Maybe it will help you realize that the difference is not as big as it seems.
Jasmina
Jasmina is a third year MFA in Dramaturgy, originally from former Yugoslavia. Her dramaturgy credits include Mother Courage (SBU), Stuck (SBU), Colored Museum, Caucasian Chalk Circle, and Hatshepshut. Her writing credits include All About O, Life and Gossip which she recently produced, directed and performed in at the Cabaret at the Spot. Her directing credits include Two Boys, Life After Thirty, and All About O. Some of her acting credits are at SBU Canterbury Tales (Wife of Bath), The Little Mermaid (Sea Witch), Brides of the Moon (Mrs. Steve) and Satan on the Winged Maxipad (Marxman); elsewhere Caucasian Chalk Circle (Grusha), Oh, Wilderness (Belle), The Women (Saleswoman), Fun Precious Ladies (Magdelon), Jacques or the Submission (Roberta), and Rex Dex the Private Dick (Femme Fatale).
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