Casting Performers for "Almost, Maine" Play

PETE and GINETTE, who have been dating for a little while and struggle to express their love for each other.

PETE and GINETTE, who have been dating for a little while and struggle to express their love for each other.

EAST, a repairman, and GLORY, a hiker. The pair meet outside his house. She is looking for the northern lights and he offers her a place to stay. GLORY must present onstage as old enough to have had and lost a husband; *Actors in this scene embrace and kiss several times. The language in the text is that the two are “inexplicably drawn to each other”.

EAST, a repairman, and GLORY, a hiker. The pair meet outside his house. She is looking for the northern lights and he offers her a place to stay. GLORY must present onstage as old enough to have had and lost a husband; *Actors in this scene embrace and kiss several times. The language in the text is that the two are “inexplicably drawn to each other”.

JIMMY, a heating and cooling guy; SANDRINE, his ex-girlfriend; a salty WAITRESS. Former lovers who run into each other at a local pub. He is still hung up on her, but she has moved on.

JIMMY, a heating and cooling guy; SANDRINE, his ex-girlfriend; a salty WAITRESS. Former lovers who run into each other at a local pub. He is still hung up on her, but she has moved on.

JIMMY, a heating and cooling guy; SANDRINE, his ex-girlfriend; a salty WAITRESS. Former lovers who run into each other at a local pub. He is still hung up on her, but she has moved on.

MARVALYN, a woman who knows pain, and STEVE, a man who does not. They meet in the laundry room of their apartment building, where she accidentally hits him with an ironing board. Scene features stage combat (hitting each other with a padded ironing board and a composition notebook). *Actors in this scene kiss once - a somewhat tentative and sweet first kiss.

MARVALYN, a woman who knows pain, and STEVE, a man who does not. They meet in the laundry room of their apartment building, where she accidentally hits him with an ironing board. Scene features stage combat (hitting each other with a padded ironing board and a composition notebook). *Actors in this scene kiss once - a somewhat tentative and sweet first kiss.

GAYLE and LENDALL, longtime partners who are having a fight. Both characters must present onstage as old enough to have been seriously dating for eleven years; *Actors in this scene kiss once after getting engaged.

GAYLE and LENDALL, longtime partners who are having a fight. Both characters must present onstage as old enough to have been seriously dating for eleven years; *Actors in this scene kiss once after getting engaged.

DEENA and SHELLY, two “Aroostook County Girls” or RANDY and CHAD, two “Country Boys”. This scene is written for two women or two men; longtime friends who realize they are more than friends after a night of drinking and watching the northern lights. Both characters must present onstage as of drinking age or older. They never touch each other, but we should get the sense that they want to. Both actors fall onstage. A lot. Physical comedy is key for these roles.

DEENA and SHELLY, two “Aroostook County Girls” or RANDY and CHAD, two “Country Boys”. This scene is written for two women or two men; longtime friends who realize they are more than friends after a night of drinking and watching the northern lights. Both characters must present onstage as of drinking age or older. They never touch each other, but we should get the sense that they want to. Both actors fall onstage. A lot. Physical comedy is key for these roles.

PHIL, a hard-working husband, MARCI, a hard-working wife. They go ice skating on their anniversary, where they confront their issues and regrets. Both characters must present onstage of an age to have two children together, one of whom recently had his first varsity hockey game;

PHIL, a hard-working husband, MARCI, a hard-working wife. They go ice skating on their anniversary, where they confront their issues and regrets. Both characters must present onstage of an age to have two children together, one of whom recently had his first varsity hockey game;

HOPE, who has traveled the world, and DANIEL, who has not. The actor playing DANIEL should be short, thin, or balding. This is crucial to the magic of the story. “Story of Hope” is a story of loss, and a physical manifestation of loss is key– lost height, lost weight, lost hair – because he is literally half the person he used to be.

HOPE, who has traveled the world, and DANIEL, who has not. The actor playing DANIEL should be short, thin, or balding. This is crucial to the magic of the story. “Story of Hope” is a story of loss, and a physical manifestation of loss is key– lost height, lost weight, lost hair – because he is literally half the person he used to be.

RHONDA, a tough woman, and DAVE, the not-so-tough-man who loves her. *Actors in this scene embrace and kiss several times. The language in the text is “hard and fast” and “jumping out of their skin”. Both actors finish the scene by comedically removing many, many layers of snow gear, down to long underwear/similar cold weather undergarments.

RHONDA, a tough woman, and DAVE, the not-so-tough-man who loves her. *Actors in this scene embrace and kiss several times. The language in the text is “hard and fast” and “jumping out of their skin”. Both actors finish the scene by comedically removing many, many layers of snow gear, down to long underwear/similar cold weather undergarments.