K-I-S-S-I-N-G at Stanford Calderwood Pavilion

The Boston Globe - Highly Recommended

"...In the premiere of "K-I-S-S-I-N-G," director Dawn M. Simmons and her cast so skillfully traverse the complex emotional terrain Moïse has mapped out that the production establishes itself as one of the highlights of the Boston theater season."

WBUR - Highly Recommended

"...Occasionally, we are lucky enough to stumble upon unexpected beauty: a song or artwork that resounds in the heart or a story that leaves the soul brimming with emotion. This sentiment holds true for Lenelle Moïse's exquisite play "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" at the Boston Center for the Arts' Calderwood Pavilion through April 2."

New England Theater Mirror - Highly Recommended

"...Like sitting under the stars in a grand tree with someone who gets you, K-I-S-S-I-N-G is an experience to be savored and shared. Like a wonderful first kiss with someone who wants you, I didn’t want it to end (and would happily go back for more)."

The New England Theatre Geek - Highly Recommended

"...K-I-S-S-I-N-G has the audience in complete shock in the first five minutes and then laughing hysterically for the next fifteen. Moïse’s writing and Simmon’s staging give the audience emotional whiplash and it’s awesome."

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...Poet, screenwriter, and performer Lenelle Moïse (pronounced Len-EL Moy-EEZ) is a playwright for this co-production from The Front Porch Arts Collective and The Huntington, the latter of which is staging the charming and engaging K-I-S-S-I-N-G, a romantic comedy chockablock with originality. Drawing on Moïse's experiences of growing up in Cambridge, the play opens with a wrenching moment as teen-aged parents suffer the trial and tragedy of an unwanted pregnancy for parents without the resources to care for a child, a scene made palpably powerful by Patrese D. McClain and James Ricardo Milord as Dot and Jack."

Joyce's Choices - Highly Recommended

"...OK. I just saw the most exhilarating show of the season– and YOU MUST SEE IT too! Presented by The Huntington in association with Front Porch Arts Collective: K-I-S-S-I-N-G is as sweet and lovely as that little jingle suggests- audience and actors “sittin’ in a tree” in love with life and possibility! Supported by our common roots and deep connections across all boundaries, the show is like springtime in its passionate embrace of all that is joyful and life-affirming. This fresh world-premiere exuberantly penned by local playwright and poet Lenelle Moise is a thing of beauty, brilliantly channeling the optimism beneath the chaos in the zeitgeist with the promise of a new way forward."