By Theater Director Anne Fulton

The Storm King School Department of Visual and Performing Arts welcomes you to its fall theater production Almost, Maine. Three performances of John Cariani’s play will take place in the Walter Reade, Jr. Theatre on the evenings of Friday, November 10 and Saturday, November 11 at 7:00 pm, and an afternoon showing on Sunday, November 12 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $10 and can be reserved in advance by calling 845.458.7521 or emailing afulton@sks.org.

What (and where) is Almost, Maine? Almost, Maine is a town that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States. And it almost doesn’t exist, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So, it’s just…Almost. One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, the residents of Almost find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Hearts are broken. Love is lost, found, and confounded…and life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same.

John Cariani’s play, named after this imaginary town, is one of the most-often produced high school shows in the United States and with good reason. Each scene is a self-contained short play and provides excellent material for young actors. Seventeen Storm King students perform in the show, co-directed by Theater Director Anne Fulton and Karen Eremin, artistic director of Cornwall’s Step It Up Summer Stage.

Mrs. Fulton’s theater students, along with the Stagecraft crew, have been working hard since September on the production, sets, and costumes. The cast of Almost, Maine in order of appearance: Matthew Pelton, Thanyakumari Chandran, Joseph Dawson, Amelia Douches, Chris Chang, Caroline Hecht, Yasmine Mattar, Dominique Gooden, Stuart Hutzler, Helen Shen, Alonso Gonzalez Reynaud, Jack Besterman, Scott Rolon, Olivia O’Blaney, Seth Vieira, Zoe Stene, and Elizabeth Pomeroy.