Marist senior Irene Elias to direct stories of love and loss in northern Maine from playright John Cariani

The Marist College Club of Theatre Arts opens its Fall season with Almost Maine, by John Cariani, a series of vignettes that deal with love and loss in a secluded, somewhat mythical town in northern Maine. Each of the stories takes place at nine o’clock on a cold, clear, moonless, slightly surreal Friday night in the middle of the deepest part of winter. According to the playwright, "Hearts are broken. Love is lost, found, and confounded. And life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same."

The play will be directed by Marist senior Irene Elias, with performances on Thursday, Oct. 6 through Saturday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. in the Murray Student Center Cabaret.

Please click here, to purchase tickets online or click here to send an email to reserve seats. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Marist faculty members are eligible to receive two free tickets.

About the Playwright

Tony Award nominee John Cariani is an actor and a playwright. He has appeared on and Off Broadway, at regional theaters across the country, and in several films and television shows, working with the likes of Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and Ed Asner. He is known most commonly for his role in Law & Order, where he played Forensics Tech Julian Beck from 2002-2007.

About the Marist College Club on Theatre Arts (MCCTA)

MCCTA is Marist's student-run theatre organization. It is the college's oldest student club (1959) and one of its largest and most active. MCCTA produces several productions each year, including a musical, a comedy, a drama, an original play festival, dinner theatre, and a children's theatre production. Past campus productions include A Chorus Line, The Wedding Singer, Cabaret, Into the Woods, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Angels in America, Noises Off, Our Town, Lysistrata, Macbeth, As You Like It, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.