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ALMOST, MAINE by John Cariani

Directed by Michael Hughes and Assistant Director Sharon Buchtman

Auditions:

• Thursday, June 7th at 7pm
• Monday, June 11th at 7pm

Location:
Fountain Pointe I
4665 Cornell Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45241
(enter on the Reed Hartman side of the building)
Sign in located in the lobby area

Questions email: weirdsisternan@twc.com

Comprising nine short plays that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical almost-town called Almost, Maine. Exact cast size is approximately 8, a mix of men and women with parts available for multiple adult ages. Actors could have the opportunity to play multiple characters.

A woman carries her heart, broken into nineteen pieces, in a small paper bag. A man shrinks to half his former size, after losing hope in love. A couple keep the love they have given each other in large red bags or compress the mass into the size of a diamond. These playful and surreal experiences are commonplace in the world of John Cariani’s Almost, Maine, where on one deeply cold and magical Midwinter Night, the citizens of Almost — not organized enough for a town, too populated for a wilderness — experience the life-altering power of the human heart. Relationships end, begin, or change beyond recognition, as strangers become friends, friends become lovers, and lovers turn into strangers. Propelled by the mystical energy of the aurora borealis and populated with characters who are humorous, plain-spoken, thoughtful, and sincere, Almost Maine is a series of loosely connected tales about love, each with a compelling couple at its center, each with its own touch of sorcery.

Show Dates Mid-September  all performances at Evendale Community Church

TriCounty Players Auditions for FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS by Alan Ball. 

• Wednesday, March 7th 7:00pm
• Thursday, March 8th 7:00pm

Evendale Community Church
3270 Glendale Milford Rd  Cincinnati, OH 45241

Cast Requirements:

• 5 Female – stage age 20s/30s
• 1 Male – stage age 20a/30s

Be prepared to do cold readings from the script.

Show dates are May 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12.
Performance will be in Evendale

Rehearsals will begin Tuesday, March 13^th in Blue Ash
Enter the church building through the lower level parking lot.

Contact the Director, Judy Berrens with any questions. goddessofsplendor@yahoo.com or 513.608.3392.
During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. They are Frances, a painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist; Mindy, the cheerful, wise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom; Georgeanne, whose heartbreak over her own failed marriage triggers outrageous behavior; Meredith, the bride’s younger rebellious sister, and Trisha, a jaded beauty whose die-hard cynicism about men is called into question when she meets Tripp, a charming bad-boy usher to whom there is more than meets the eye. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this wickedly funny, irreverent, and touching celebration of the women’s spirit.