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Kiss takes risks, but Haven Chicago's production falls short

by Josh Flanders

Guillermo Calderón's meta soap opera toggles between farce and sincerity. There is a great deal to like about Haven's Kiss by Guillermo Calderón, directed by Monty Cole, about two Syrian couples who meet to watch a popular soap opera but whose lives become a soap opera, overly dramatic and comical. Youssif (Salar Ardebili) loves Hadeel (Arti Ishak), but she's with Ahmed (Cole), who …

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 7:00am on July 31, 2019