The Knox center theatre presented their adaptation of “Almost Maine” by John Carlani. Sadly, the presentation of the play has left me with utter confusion with it’s awkward moments and misinterpreted conversations between the multiple characters. Within this review, we shall dissect the hastily created adaptation of “Almost Maine” through it’s actors, props, and and many other multiple factors that sadly brought this play to it’s downfall. “Almost Maine” is about your generic romances and heartbreaks all in one town in one single snowy night. Sadly the play tries to be almost “Almost Maine” due to the fact that the adaptation is initially cut in half. Although it doesn’t majorly affect the general crowd who come to witness the play, it does have an effect on me. Immediately picking certain parts of …show more content…
I found it even more unfulfilling that the pieces were rearranged to be the way they were, please remember that I said this is just a minor comment of my own personal opinion. Now that we’ve gotten rid of the least important segment of the review of “Almost Maine.” I want to turn our attention to the actors in how they portrayed and used on the set of this adaptation. Oz Herrera-Sobal (previously from “Wonder of the World” as Kip) makes a comeback into this play, and honestly I found him a lot more fitting within this play than in “Wonder of the World.” Other actors such as Rose Mallari, Jelaine Maestas and Umi Grant have also played a part in this adaptation. First I want to say that each actor fulfilled the role to be played with their decent level of acting. But sadly my compliments are overshadowed by the workload being inflicted onto two main actors within the play. Sobal which I actually am praising this time, has been able to consistently act his characters to a decent level to where I cannot complain about him. Mallari on the other hand has had an amazing start at the beginning of the play, but