DIRECTED BY GREGORY RAMOS

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THE UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS PRESENTS

Written By John Cariani

ALMOST, MAINE was developed by

The Cape Cod Theatre Project.Professional Premiere Production:

Portland Stage Company,Anita Stewart, Artistic Director,

Tami Ramaker, Managing Director.Originally produced in New York by

Jack Thomas/Bulldog Theatrical and Bruce Payne.Original Music by Julian Fleisher

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Director’s NotesAlmost, Maine is a play that has been widely produced at high schools, colleges and professional theaters around the country. Aside from the practical aspects of the play that make it easily producible, and the great roles for actors, the play is essentially about relationships and the discovery of love. As a department, we felt that after a period of profound political turmoil and an ongoing pandemic, it would be great to add a light -hearted play with a hopeful message to our season. Rehearsing the play was admittedly very…well, let’s say it was different over zoom. I acknowledge every actor and our stage manager, Savannah Casey, who patiently worked with me to determine how to best tell these stories through a medium that we came to see as a combination of theatre and film. This is my first production here at the University of Redlands and special thanks to the department faculty and staff who have continued their stellar work and collaboration throughout this challenging pandemic time. It’s been a joy to work with everyone and to support the students in their development. A special shout out to student designers, Kolby Rattigan and Kayleigh Stelling, who adapted to every iteration of the show as we moved from an outdoor in-person concept to the filmed version you are witnessing. Even through the challenging process of making theatre during a pandemic, the continues and realizes its purpose – to bring us together to reflect upon what it means to be human. In the case of Almost, Maine, the message is pretty simple. Love is love is love.

-Gregory Ramos

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Cast

Creative and Production

Setting

Run Time

Noah Delano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete & SteveThomas Matthews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lendall & PhilGarret Falkenstine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimmy & RandyAlicia Lombardo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ginnette, Villian & MarcyLauren Witte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glory, Gayle & Suzette Delaney Lust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandrine & HopeMichael James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . East & DaveJayla Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marvalyn & RhondaJames Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ChadThomas Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel

John Cariani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PlaywrightGregory Ramos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DirectorKolby Ratigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scenic DesignerSnezana Petrovic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume DesignerKayleigh Stelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lighting Designer Jack Bueermann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sound DesignerSavannah Casey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage ManagerTrevor Norton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video Supervisor & Editing

Various locales in Almost, Maine, a far town in far Northern Maine that doesn’t quite exist.

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2 hours and 15 minuteswith a 10 minute intermission

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Production Staff

Costume CrewAnathea Woirhaye

Emma Nay

DRESSERAnthony Wilson

Graphic DesignZackary Johnston

Maeve WiencekAnthony Wilson

AdvertisingElaine Talamaivao-Lafaele

Abby Dunbar

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Alicia Lombardo (SHE/HER)

YEAR: Junior

MAJOR: Media & Visual Culture Studies and Theatre Arts

HOMETOWN: Palm Springs, California

“Love actuaLLy is aLL around”

Delaney Lust (SHE/HER)

YEAR: Sophomore

MAJOR: English and Theatre Arts

HOMETOWN: Yakima, Washington

“i made you my tempLe, my muraL, my sky. now i’m

begging for footnotes in the story of your Life.”

-tayLor swift

Cast

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Garrett “Gator” Falkenstine (HE/HIM)

YEAR: Junior

MAJOR: Health, Medicine, & Society and Theatre Arts

HOMETOWN: Tucson, Arizona

“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a

baby- awkwardLy, and often with a great deaL of mess.”

-Lemony snicket, horseradish

James Johnston (HE/HIM)

YEAR: Junior

MAJOR: Theatre Business

HOMETOWN: Simi Valley, California

“heLp i’ve faLLen and i can’t get up!”

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Jayla Brown(SHE/HER)

YEAR: Junior

MAJOR: Liberal Studies and Communication Sciences & Disorders

HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, California

“Love is Letting go of fear”

Lauren Witte(SHE/HER)

YEAR: Sophomore

MAJOR: English Literature and Theatre Arts

HOMETOWN: Oceanside, California

“Love has nothing to do with what you’re expecting to get-

onLy with what you are expecting to give-

which is everything.”-katherine hepburn

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Michael James(HE/HIM)

YEAR: Sophomore

MAJOR: Theatre Business and Creative Writing Minor

HOMETOWN: Firestone, Colorado

“when i Looked at him i saw myseLf”

Noah Delano(HE/HIM)

YEAR: Senior

MAJOR: Johnston- Once More Unto the Breach of Math and CS

HOMETOWN: Hemet, California

“Love’s hard, except when it’s not.”

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Thomas Johnston(HE/HIM)

YEAR: Junior

MAJOR: Theatre Business

HOMETOWN: Simi Valley, California

“aLL the art of Living Lies in a fine mingLing of Letting go

and hoLding on.” -haveLock eLLis

Thomas Mathews(HE/HIM)

YEAR: Junior

MAJOR: Theatre Art

HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, California

“yes i did. it’s way past time and it’s honorabLe.”

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Gregory Ramos (HE/HIM)

JOB TITLE: Professor

EDUCATION: BA, University of California, Los Angeles. MFA Playwriting, University of California, Los Angeles

HOMETOWN: Santa Monica, California

POSITION: Director

“heaven knows no frontiers, and i’ve seen heaven in your

eyes”

Savannah Casey (SHE/HER)

YEAR: Senior

MAJOR: Sociology & Anthropology and Theatre Arts

HOMETOWN: Encinitas, California

POSITION: Stage Manager

“i cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the Look or

the words, which Laid the foundation. it is too Long ago.

i was in the middLe before i knew that i had begun.”

-Jane austen

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Snezana Petrovic (SHE/HER)

JOB TITLE: Adjunct Professor, Professor Emerita in Arts

HOMETOWN: Belgrade, Yugoslavia

POSITION: Costume Designer

“sh-sh-sh! shooting star! shooting star!”

Kolby Ratigan(HE/HIM)

YEAR: Senior

MAJOR: Johnston- Themed Entertainment Design

HOMETOWN: Rancho Cucamonga, California

POSITION: Scenic Designer

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“you can’t connect the dots Looking forward; you can

onLy connect them Looking backwards.”

-steve Jobs

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Jack Bueermann (HE/HIM)

JOB TITLE: Adjunct Professor

EDUCATION: University of Redlands & University of California, Irvine

HOMETOWN: Redlands, California

POSITION: Sound Designer

“where there is Love there is Life.”

-mahatma gandhi

Kayleigh Stelling (SHE/HER)

YEAR: Junior

MAJOR: Theatre Arts and Psychology Minor

HOMETOWN: Alta Loma, California

POSITION: Lighting Designer

“you have a pLace in my heart no one eLse couLd ever have.”

-f scott fitzgeraLd

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Trevor Norton (HE/HIM)

JOB TITLE: Supervisor & Editing

EDUCATION: Occidental College & UCSD

HOMETOWN: Eagle Rock, California

POSITION: Director of Production

“Love is not sitting together, staring into each other’s

eyes, it is sitting together, Looking forward together.”

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2020-21 Department of theatre arts

GREGORY RAMOSMFA (Playwriting), Department Chair

CHRISTOPHER BEACHMFA (Performance), Professor

TREVOR NORTONMFA (Design), Director of Production

JACK BUEERMANNMFA (Design), Adjunct Professor

SNEZANA PETROVICMFA (Design), Adjunct Professor

KARIN WAIDLEY PHD (Theory and History), Adjunct Professor

CRAIG WELLS BA (Speech Communication and Theatre), Adjunct Professor

ELAINE TALAMAIVAO-LAFAELE BA (Theatre and film), Department Coordinator

DEBORAH BRADFORD BS (Design), Costume Shop Coordinator

KELDON SORVIG MA (Architecture), Technical Director

ANNIE GIBSON BA (Theatre), Scene Shop Coordinator

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The Department of Theatre Arts Presents

2021-2022 Season ProductionsNATIVE GARDENS by Karen ZacariasSTUDENT DIRECTOR: THA BUS major Gabriel Rodriguez

Native Gardens is a true breath of comic fresh air. It’s a biting, perceptive, and ultimately hopeful sendup to our fraught relationships with those around us – even right next door. Beyond snappy one-liners and garden hose fights, the play challenges audiences to look beyond petty differences and rediscover our shared decency.

THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE by Matthew LopezDIRECTED BY Theatre Arts Chair Gregory Ramos

He’s young, he’s broke, his landlord’s knocking at the door, and he’s just found out his wife is going to have a baby. To make matters even more desperate, Casey is fired from his gig as an Elvis impersonator in a run-down, small-town Florida bar. When the bar owner brings in a B-level drag show to replace his act, Casey finds that he has a whole lot to learn about show business—and himself.

THE THANKSGIVING PLAY by Larissa FastHorseSTUDENT DIRECTORS: Senior THA BUS majors James Johnston and Tom Johnston

Ah, Thanksgiving, that most American of holidays: when families gather to celebrate the warmth of home, the bounty of the harvest — and a legacy of genocide and violent colonial expansion. Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.

THE SPRING PLAY FESTIVAL

Comprised of works created by graduating seniors.

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