ALEXANDER LaFRANCE DESIGN

On ALMOST, MAINE:

 

Best of Kansas City 2014: Best Immersion in a Play

Critic's Choice

 

"Almost, Maine placed us almost there. Last winter, when we entered the small, intimate Studio 116 at UMKC’s Performing Arts Center, we landed in playwright John Cariani’s fictional town. With our seats perched amid the town’s trees, as the set’s Northern Lights flickered overhead, we became unannounced guests one night who had let ourselves inside the homes, hangouts and lives of the story’s couples. The talented UMKC student actors, under the direction of John Rensenhouse, let down their guard, showing us their inner lives over several vignettes that ran from the heartfelt to the hilarious. Now, nearly a year later, the lovers and former lovers of Almost remain as close in mind as they were, that night, within our reach." -