The crowd was captivated right from the opening scene as the play explored the complexity of love.

    The play takes place in a small (almost) town in Maine from which the play gets its name, Almost, Maine. It depicts several stages of love from the discovery of it, to the ending. Using couples for all of the scenes, the audience was able to come closer to the characters, feeling every emotion from the joy of a first kiss to the sadness of losing a lover.

    Each scene was different in it’s style; some were dramatic, some were comedic. This diversity kept the crowd riveted, and there was never a dull moment. There were two scenes that really stood out to me. One was a girlfriend that wanted to get her love back but her boyfriend put all the love in a ring, thus saving the relationship. The other compelling scene was two guys who had breakups that were bad, but in a literal and metaphorical sense, they fell for each other, which had the crowd roaring with laughter. Ashton Poage was full of energy making the crowd share every emotion as he seemed like the star. Honestly, the whole cast were stars, as the play did a phenomenal job exploring a hard topic like love in a small town using 7-8 different couples.

    There was only one problem and that is there was an awkward silence at the beginning of the play. However this was done on purpose to really draw in the crowd and then hook them for a roller coaster ride even though it lasted longer than the script intended.

    The play comes full circle in the end with the last lovers finding each other this play is certainly almost broadway as it was sensational and received a standing ovation.