“Almost, Maine” is a smooth, easy-to-watch production. The director has a first-rate cast. When you’re tired of the cold, snowy Akron evenings, get out for a cold, snowy Maine night.” THE WEST SIDE LEADER - http://www.akron.com/editions/Akron-Ohio-News-2019-January-24/Weathervane_staging_Almost_Maine.asp?aID=39873

“They’re all quirky stories, always with a twist, which director Deb Lemire and her cast of 17 approach with an often delicious playfulness.” – THE  AKRON BEACON JOURNAL - https://www.ohio.com/news/20190128/quirky-romance-warms-hearts-in-snowy-almost-maine-at-weathervane

“Weathervane Playhouse to present John Cariani’s romantic comedy, ALMOST, MAINE!

“Spend a midwinter’s eve under magical northern lights for this romantic comedy.”

AKRON- Welcome to Almost, Maine. An almost town in a place far north, where the coldest midwinter night makes nine loosely connected vignettes all the more heartwarming.

Beginning January 17^th, Weathervane’s Founders Theater will be transformed into a magical winter wonderland for John Cariani’s renowned romantic comedy hailed by The New York Times, The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal to name just a few. Running through February 3^rd, Almost, Maine is a show that will make you laugh, cry, and bask in the joyfulness and diversity of love under the northern lights.

Show times: Thursday – Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Tickets range from $10 (for children) to $22. Standard ticketing fees apply.  Tickets can be purchased by calling 330-836-2626 or going to www.weathervaneplayhouse.com.

About the show: On a cold, clear night in the middle of winter, all is not as it seems in this remote, mythical place called Almost, Maine. In a series of nine sweet and soulful vignettes, residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected, often hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking ways. The New York Post said Almost, Maine is “Thornton Wilder crossed with ‘The Twilight Zone’…it’s poignant, witty, and nearly perfect.”

The director’s take: Director Deb Lemire said that when people ask her what the show is about, the short answer is love, which is not always so simple. “Love is so many things. It’s friendships that catch fire, it’s forgiveness and letting go, it’s joyful, infuriating, fierce, erotic, messy, weird, terrifying, giddy, exhausting, agonizing, wondrous, surprising, and opens your heart in ways you never thought possible. Is it even worth it? Almost, Maine helps us come to understand that yes, yes it is.”

Almost, Maine is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service.

CAST

Prologue, Interlude, Epilogue

NATHAN JAROSZ

Pete

KAYLEE LHOTSKY

Ginette

Her Heart

JAY BOUGHNER

East

JEANNIE CLARKSON

Glory

Sad and Glad

MICHAEL JALBERT

Jimmy

ALLISON KUMP

Sandrine

KAYLEE LHOTSKY

Waitress

This Hurts

KERRY SCANLON

Marvalyn

NOAH JAMES

Steve

Getting it Back

ANGELA BOZIC

Gayle

JIMMY RIZOPULOS

Lendall

They Fell

TABITHA ROX

Deena

LINDSAY IBOS

Shelly

Where it Went

DAVID OBNEY

Phil

MEG HOPP

Marci

Story of Hope

MARY MAHONEY

Hope

SCOTT K. DAVIS

Man

Seeing the Thing

LINDSAY IBOS

Rhonda

MATTHEW ENGLE

Dave

CREATIVE TEAM

DEB LEMIRE

Director

MARY KATE CLANCY

Stage Manager

ROCKY KUNZ

Assistant Stage Manager

ALAN COSTA

Scenic Designer

MEG HOPP

Properties Designer

HAZEN TOBAR

Sound Designer

JASEN J. SMITH

Costume Designer

RICHARD MORRIS, JR.

Technical Director

KELLIE ROSSINI

Lighting Designer/Master Electrician

KATHY KOHL

Assistant Technical Director

CHUCK HATCHER
House Sound Technician