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UPPER SCHOOL FALL PRODUCTION
Almost, Maine “It is good for the soul to see a full theater,” Upper School Theater Director Lee Kasper declared as he opened the sold-out second performance of Almost, Maine in mid-December. After nearly two years of virtual productions, Calhoun’s Upper School Theater welcomed audiences to the Mary Lea Johnson Performing Arts Center with limited seating capacity but boundless enthusiasm. Returning to live theater was “an incredibly rewarding and emotional experience for the entire cast and crew,” writes Lee. “We really had to remind ourselves what it takes to create a production like this . . . but in the end we had built an amazing family of artists.” Almost, Maine, a play about “searching for, finding and losing connection,” as Lee describes it, was a natural choice following the challenges and isolation of the pandemic. The show features nine loosely connected stories set in Almost, Maine, a town that almost doesn’t exist, and follows the characters as they experience love and heartbreak on one cold winter night. Rehearsals for the play began in late September, with two to three cast members working on their scenes at a time. As the weeks passed and the scenes fit together, the magic of the play came alive on the snow-covered set.
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