Almost Maine

SUNY Orange Apprentice Players

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Almost, Maine is located somewhere between Norman Rockwell and the northern lights that hover in the star-filled sky above. The people of Almost are honest and unsentimental, prepared for the vicissitudes of love by the stoicism and hardiness that Mainers are famous for. A series of gently told and amiably absurdist vignettes are fortified with humor and a touch of magic … like love itself.

A woman carries her heart, broken into 19 pieces, in a small paper bag. A man shrinks to half his former size, after losing hope in love. A couple keeps the love they have given each other in large red bags--or compress the mass into the size of a diamond. These playful and surreal experiences are commonplace in the world of Cariani’s Almost, Maine. Bended knees are bruised and hearts are broken with a sweetness and decency that’s rare in today’s theatre.