Stagehand’s “Almost, Maine” opens on Feb. 10

Posted 1/31/23

SPRING VALLEY – The Spring Valley Stagehands Theater production of “Almost, Maine,” a play by actor John Cariani, opens a week from Friday at 7 p.m. at the Spring Valley Theater. The show …

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Stagehand’s “Almost, Maine” opens on Feb. 10

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SPRING VALLEY – The Spring Valley Stagehands Theater production of “Almost, Maine,” a play by actor John Cariani, opens a week from Friday at 7 p.m. at the Spring Valley Theater.

The show exposes viewers to the relationship entanglements, ups and downs of a variety of people in the mythical town of Almost, Maine. The characters of Almost, Maine are as varied as the folk who live in many small towns. There’s Steve, a man with congenital analgesia who can’t feel pain; Rhonda, a tough woman softened and stripped bare by love; Jimmy, a man who needs to move on from a former relationship; Dave, who takes up adult ed art to woo the woman he loves; Sandrine, a woman who runs into her former long-term boyfriend the night before her wedding; Pete and Ginette, who discover that love literally does make the world go around; Phil, a hardworking man trying to balance time at the mill and time at home; a Waitress who unknowingly steps into a romantic twist of fate; a star high school athlete who stayed in Almost while many did not; East and Glory, who discover what it means to have someone who loves you put a broken heart back together; Marvalyn, a woman who in helping another think through hurt and fear finds a way through her own pain; Lendall, a man faced with his long-term girlfriend’s desire to end their relationship; Hope, a woman struggling to find her place in the world and coming back home to Almost to find it; Marci, a woman in a lonely marriage trying to celebrate her wedding anniversary; Chad and Randy, whose friendship is challenged by revelations about relationships; and Gayle, who learns that love comes packaged in many different ways, and not always in the ways we think it should or would be.

There’s a message in each vignette – some funny, some hopeful, some sad, and some a mix of all the emotions relationships can and do bring.

Plan now to join the Spring Valley Stagehands for this charming midwinter’s tale – the perfect play for the long, dark days of winter! Show dates are Feb. 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 at 7 p.m.; and Feb. 12 and 19 at 2 p.m. Tickets may be purchased by going to www.svstagehands. org or at the door.

Submitted by Lori Peterson, Spring Valley Stagehands