Currently playing at the Lyceum Theatre in Horton Plaza, Diana Son’s Stop Kiss is a dramedy about a love affair between two consenting adults who happen to be women.

No razzmatazz in this show; the theatrical playing field is laid bare of show-stopping glitter, gay gags and broad dyke innuendo. The play is simple on the surface, but allows its audience to explore a subtext that is both complex (sexual identity, fear of commitment, love and intimacy) and profound.

Callie (Jo Anne Glover), one of the two principal actors, is cleaning her apartment to dance music when a friend of a friend suddenly decides to drop in. It seems Sara (Jennifer Eve Kraus) has come to New York on a fellowship to teach third graders in the Bronx.

The women talk about ex-lovers (men), current employment (Callie is a traffic reporter) and music. Though it’s all innocent girl talk, it’s also a prelude to a friendship, an unknown future and a catastrophic incident.

In the next scene, the story jumps ahead in time to where Detective Cole (Donal Pugh) is interrogating Callie about what happened on the night Sara was beaten so badly that she remains — at this moment — in a coma.

The intensity of the violent action in the play is juxtaposed with the normalcy of daily life — routine, curiosity within a relationship, and attraction. But more than focusing upon a random act of violence, Playwright Son seems to encourage us to act upon our inner selves before it’s too late. She seems to say, “Go for that first kiss before opportunity walks out the door forever.”

There is a classic bed scene in which Sara invites Callie into the pullout sofa bed on the pretext of luring her estranged pussycat into that same bed. It works beautifully; the innocence of the scene is priceless.

Homophobia is explored as well. Both ex-boyfriends, George (Daren Scott) and Peter (Ross C. Jones) support Callie and Sara with undefined, hopeful intentions; perhaps longing for them to return to their heterosexual feelings of the past. Sara’s parents offer no such support.

Gayle Feldman directed her cast well and the players perform with just the right intensity, underlying the richness of the characters. Both Callie and Sara carry the symbolic weight of the play with a natural ease. Stop Kiss is a worthy offering. Go!

Stop Kiss plays at the Lyceum Theatre through June 1. Call (619) 544-1000 for tickets or more information.