At the Final Curtain Call, a Proposal
Christopher Jones and Marissa Follo Perry, who met in kindergarten, became engaged onstage at the closing night of a production of “Sister Act,” which she directed.
Credit.Heather Wirsing/Powerstation Events Photography
By Louise Rafkin
April 30, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
When Christopher Jones met Marissa Follo Perry at a bus stop, his infatuation with her was immediate. It was a big day for them both: the first day of kindergarten.
Mr. Jones and Ms. Follo Perry, both now 35, were each raised in Italian-American families in Wolcott, Conn. From that first meeting in 1990, when they were just 5, Mr. Jones says the embers of his ardor remained aflame, in elementary school through high school and beyond, despite a clear lack of fanning by Ms. Follo Perry.