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First Kiss Pie

A pie recipe might be the ingredient this late bloomer needs to finally kick start her latent love life.

Amy was 24 and had never been kissed. She spends years fantasizing about how her first kiss might finally happen until some good advice from a friend, a snowstorm, and a tempting pie give her what she needs to finally make realize her romantic dreams.

Performed/Written by Amy Allen
Produced / Music by Ashley Melzer
Produced for Audio Under the Stars, a a summer-long audio festival in Durham, NC, hosted by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

Amy was 24 and had never been kissed. She spends years fantasizing about how her first kiss might finally happen until some good advice from a friend, a snowstorm, and a tempting pie give her what she needs to finally make realize her romantic dreams. Produced by Amy Allen and Ashley Melzer for Audio Under the Stars. Amy Allen was born and raised in Greensboro, NC. She holds a B.A. in American Studies from the University of North Carolina, with minors in Folklore and Creative Writing. She is currently living in Philadelphia and pursuing her Master of Liberal Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. When she is not studying or working she can be found crafting or performing. She has been exploring comedy improviser and storyteller since 2013. Ashley Melzer is an improviser, writer, photographer, and filmmaker based in Durham, NC. Born in North Florida, she received her Bachelors in Cinematic Arts from the University of Southern California and then a Masters in Folklore from UNC-Chapel Hill. Ashley is a founding partner and stakeholder of Mettlesome.

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