The Accidental Kiss

Written and Directed by Chima Chikazunga

Monday, September 9, 2024 at 6:30 PM
JOHNSON THEATER

FREE

$5 Suggested Donation

You can make reservations at literary@theaterforthenewcity.net

Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th & 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

Chauncey, recently sober and love sick over Clarista, attempts to prove true love can transcend time and space. As both of their lives begin to spin out of control after Clarista’s recent blackout, they grapple with whether 2 people struggling to find themselves can possibly have more in common than a venomous look at an alcohol soaked obsession to discover who you really are.

CAST
CLARISTA- Jessica Jane Croft
CHAUNCEY- Chima Chikazunga

STAGE DIRECTIONS- Amelia Anderson

Writer/Director BIO
CHIMA CHIKAZUNGA ( Actor/writer/Director) FSU alumni.

His audio play “An Icons Belief in Fallen Soldiers” was commissioned by The Classical Theatre of Harlem. “Echoes of a Lost Son” won the 2019 Public Access Television Award and in Resilience New Play Festival. Published work in Best Women’s and Men’s Monologues 2022, and Best American Short Plays 2018-2019.” NOT JUST YOU received a micro-grant from National Black Theatre to workshop. 1 Letter Shy of Coincidence ( SEMI-FINALIST 46th Annual BAPF,) , SAFEHOUSE: Axial Playwright Series. FOLDING DANICA is featured in American Blues Theatre’s Ripped Festival. Assasination of a Dream Deferred- (Semifinalist ) 3rd Annual Black Motherhood & Parenting New Play Festival. Other plays presented in NYC by AND Theatre Company, TFNC, DUAF, and The Players Theatre. Most recently received a micro-grant from National Black Theatre to workshop 1 Letter Shy of Coincidence.