It is cold bleak landscapes, difficult to live in, and even harder to endure, but somehow the people that inhabit this place still manage to fill it with warmth, love, friendship and hope. It is their emotional journey that makes this place, located in the loneliest and most solitary corners of our hearts, still a place worth living.
Written by John Cariani, ALMOST, MAINE is one of those endearing plays that captures your imagination almost immediately, and never let’s go. With 19 characters played by a cast of only four people, it is most definitely an actor’s piece. Two men and two women playing a host of complex characters is a daunting task indeed, and after several rounds of auditions and readings, the actors were finally found.
Almost, Maine is Repertory’s Valentine’s offering, with a series of stories on the residents of the little town Almost, where the residents fall in and out of love in unusual ways. The New York Times has described it as a “higher-concept and more clever version of Hollywood [love stories]” with a “beautiful structure.”In the end, Reb Atadero (The Graduate, The Horse And His Boy) Caisa Borromeo (The Secret Garden, Kung Paano Ako Naging Leading Lady), Natalie Everett (The Secret Garden, The Game’s Afoot) and Jamie Wilson (Run For Your Wife, The Bridges of Madison County) were chosen to take up the acting chores.
All veterans of Repertory Philippines, the excitement at being cast in ALMOST, MAINE quickly overshadowed the hard work that would soon follow.
In the director’s chair, another Rep veteran takes the helm. Always an artist of incredible vision, Bart Guingona (4000 Miles, The Normal Heart) has never been one to do a play as it is written, and has put his own twists and turns on this wonderful material. With stage design by Baby Imperial and Coco Anne, lighting by John Batalla, sound design by Jethro Joaquin and costumes by Marta Lovina, ALMOST, MAINE promises to be a strong offering in Repertory Philippines’ 2016 season. ALMOST, MAINE opens at the Onstage Theater in Greenbelt One, Makati, today, February 19th.
JAMIE WILSON will portray Pete, Steve, Chad, Phil, and Dave in Repertory Philippines’ Almost, Maine, the company’s Valentine’s offering for the year. Wilson will bring 36 years of his theater experience to Almost, Maine, which began at the tender age of seven for Rep’s production of Pippin
CAISA BORROMEO will essay the roles of Sandrine, Marvalyn, Gayle and Hope in Almost, Maine, Repertory Philippines’ new play set in the little town of Almost, where the residents fall in and out of love in unusual ways. Borromeo is a Gawad Buhay Award winner, with extensive experience in straight plays and musicals
NATALIE EVERETT will play Ginette, Glory, Marci and Rhonda in Almost, Maine, which the New York Times describes a “higher-concept and more clever version of Hollywood [love stories].” She has had more than 27 roles under her belt, including international stagings of Miss Saigon in Asia and Europe as Gigi Van TranhREB ATADERO as East, Jimmy, Lendall, Randy and Daniel in Almost, Maine, Repertory Philippines’ second production for its 49th season. Coincidentally, Almost, Maine marks Atadero’s 10th year on stage after portraying 20 roles in his career.
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