How You Kiss Me Is Not How I Like To Be Kissed by Dan Giles

Kiss her, poorly. Decide to take him home anyway. Define the relationship. Set sensible boundaries. Confess secrets. Meet her dad, blow it. Fall in love casually, strangely, effortlessly. Negotiate monogamy. Take him to IKEA, regret it, survive it. Fight about work. Fight about family. Fight about marriage. Make a life together. Fall out of love as easily as you fell in. Now what? How You Kiss Me...
Kiss her, poorly. Decide to take him home anyway. Define the relationship. Set sensible boundaries. Confess secrets. Meet her dad, blow it. Fall in love casually, strangely, effortlessly. Negotiate monogamy. Take him to IKEA, regret it, survive it. Fight about work. Fight about family. Fight about marriage. Make a life together. Fall out of love as easily as you fell in. Now what? How You Kiss Me Is Not How I Like To Be Kissed explores the pursuit of romantic love in the lives of two people who want desperately to believe in it.
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How You Kiss Me Is Not How I Like To Be Kissed

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  • Cheryl Bear:
    19 Aug. 2020
    “ A marvelous and real exploration of love that lands home and is incredibly enlightening. Our needs personally as well as from the other, the truth as we get more intimate, and the evolution leading to the tying or unwilling of the love brilliantly shown. Excellent! ”
  • Emma Goldman-Sherman:
    11 Jul. 2020
    “ A lyrical play that seems so simple but unfolds to reveal the depths of a significant relationship that is so recognizably and relatably human. An absence of irony makes Giles a very open-hearted and sincere writer, and yet there is nothing sappy about this. With 2 great roles for actors! ”
  • Shea King:
    5 Dec. 2018
    “ I really adore this play and how its sweet honest idiosyncrasies stay with you long after you experience it. I love how each snippet of these two lover's relationship feels so close to what many of us experience that I often wondered if someone told Mr. Giles about my personal life. I highly recommend this poetic kaleidoscope romance. ”
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Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.)
    ,
    2015

Production History

  • Professional
    ,
    Haven Theatre (Chicago)
    ,
    2019
  • University
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    University of Idaho
    ,
    2016
  • Professional
    ,
    New York International Fringe Festival
    ,
    2015

Awards

Finalist
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John Cauble Award
,
KCACTF
,
2015
Semi-Finalist
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Princess Grace Award
,
Princess Grace Foundation
,
2015
Finalist
,
Core Apprentice Fellowship
,
Playwrights Center
,
2015