Auditions for Almost Maine by John Ciardi, Trinity Street Players, December 1

Trinity Street Players announces open auditions for Almost Maine by John Cariani, produced by Trinity Street Players in downtown Austin, directed by Cathy Jones: 901 Trinity Street, 4th floor Saturday, December 1st, 10am .

Auditions will be for 2 female & 1 male actors and 2 non-speaking "stage hands" who are not afraid to wear goofy clothes and participate in sight gags. Almost Maine is a romantic fantasy for the Valentine's season with 9 different scenes only partially interconnected. Each actor will play 5-6 roles. 

Rehearsal will be through January, tech Jan 27-31, and performance the first 3 weekends in February Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons. Please bring a short comic scene you have prepared, or just come and read one of ours. If you have questions, please call Cathy Jones 512-632-2820.

Upcoming: Almost, Maine, University Theatre Guild, UT Student Center Black Box Theatre, April15 - 17

Found on-line:

University Theatre Guild

presents

Almost, Maine

directed by Walt Lengel

Three chances to watch!
April 15, 16, and 17 at 7 p.m. each night.
In the new Blackbox Theater in the SAC 2.304 (UT Campus East Mall – click for map)

Tickets are $7, $5 with a student ID

This is a show you won’t wanna miss, so make sure you don’t!

On a cold, clear, moonless Friday night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, residents of Almost find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised; hearts are broken. Love is lost, found, and confounded. But the bruises heal and the hearts mend – almost – in a story that explores the mysteries of the human heart, touching audiences with laughter, heartbreak and hope. (synopsis taken from website, almostmaine.com)

Click for cast and crew list at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Almost, Maine, McCallum Fine Arts Academy at the Blue Theatre

For the school's opening On Tour! production, student directors Ansley Lee and Sierra Tothero from McCallum Academy's theatre department took over the Blue Theatre, out behind the Goodwill warehouse on Springdale road. It was a friendly and successful conquest, with manager Jennie Gravenstein running concessions and generally helping out in the excited rush.

Almost, Maine by John Cariani is a whimsical set of sketches about folks in the icy northern reaches of the United States. He's looking at love and how it creeps up on us, even on the famously blue-collar, tactiturn and slow-moving young Mainers. Cariani likes to turn figures of speech inside-out. For example, Gayle (Kahla Brown) comes storming into the house of her boyfriend Lendall (Dylan Jones), having abruptly decided, after 11 years of courtship, that she wants all her love back. To prove her determination, she brings in boxes and bags full of love from her car, and flings them down. "Here! This is all the love you gave me! Now I want mine all back!" Lendall rides through the absurdity and rises to the occasion.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .