Script Club: Not Quite Almost

Join us for a Book Club-style Script Club with the Portland Stage. Check out your copy of the script and join us two weeks before previews of each Mainstage Production. Scripts are available at the reference desk at the Downtown Library. This year Portland Stage celebrates its 51st season and we invite you to chat about the plays with Literary Manager Todd Brian Backus, his Directing and Dramaturgy Apprentices, and special guests.

Playwright John Cariai is best known for his first play, Almost, Maine, which has become one of the most popular plays in the world. Almost, Maine has received nearly 6000 productions to date! He is back at Portland Stage for more Northern Maine stories. Part of our New Work program, Not Quite Almost is likely to become another Maine classic! Near the Canadian Border the Perseid Meteor Showers are about to start, but the residents of a certain small town can't decide if they're a bad omen or a good luck charm. Not Quite Almost is an interconnected collection of short plays about young love, hope for the future, making wishes, and what it means to be truly understood. Meet a new cast of characters you're sure to fall head over heels for in a town that's not quite Almost, Maine. It’s a prequel. And a sequel. You decide.