New Jersey Stage 2017: Issue 4 | Page 72

On Stage: Theatre Almost, Maine The Women’s Theater Co., 1130 Knoll Road, Lake Hiawatha Almost, Maine by John Cari- ani, comprising nine short plays that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical almost-town called Almost, Maine. It pre- miered at the Portland Stage Company in Portland, Maine in 2004 where it broke box office records and garnered critical NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 4 acclaim. There are eleven short scenes: the Prologue (which continues in the Interlogue and Epilogue), Her Heart, Sad and Glad, This Hurts, Getting It Back, They Fell, Where It Went, Story of Hope, and Seeing the Thing. The Women’s Theater Compa- ny presents this May 12-21. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 72