Synopsis A child cries over a scraped knee. With no parent in sight, the child is comforted by a male passerby. The mother rushes over and is distrustful of the strange man holding her kid. The same scene plays out again, but this time the good Samaritan is a woman. The mother is thankful that the kind lady helped out. This short play explores the hypocrisy of gender roles in childcare.

Production History Box Wine Theatre Raucus Caucus II Finalist Twin Cities, MN Miami University Miami Writes IV Hamilton, OH The Collective Collective10 Play Fest Finalist New York, NY GOOD Acting Studio The Good Works Theatre Festival Atlanta, GA Knox Theatre Collective Just Acts Play Festival: Alberta, Canada and Urban Stories Theatre Examining Power Queer Theatre Kalamazoo #Ladyfest Kalamazoo, MI and Fancy Pants Theater Queensbury Theatre Cone Man Running’s Five Minute Mile Houston, TX Actors’ Theatre of Columbus Adult Summer Camp Performance Columbus, OH iO Theater Cold Reads, Hot Scripts Chicago, IL

Cindy Lou Parker, Mai Le, and Melanie Ernestina Burke in Kissing Boo Boos at Queensbury Theatre in Houston, Texas. Produced by Cone Man Running. Directed by Christine Weems and Lauren Hainley. Photographer: Christine Weems.

Running Time: 5 minutes Set: playground (exterior unit) Cast: 1 M, 2 F, 1 any gender