{"id":39416,"date":"2023-01-26T17:02:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=39416"},"modified":"2023-01-26T17:03:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:03:00","slug":"batavia-almost-maine-paints-a-picture-of-a-small-town-where-everyone-knows-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/batavia-almost-maine-paints-a-picture-of-a-small-town-where-everyone-knows-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/”Almost, Maine” paints a picture of a small town where everyone knows everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jacqueline Morrison and Stephen VanValkenburg at the Moose Paddy Pub, a scene from Almost, Maine which opens this Friday January 27, 2023 at 7:30p.m. at the Main St. 56 Theater, temporarily located in the Concourse of City Centre in Batavia, NY.<\/em><\/strong>

Tickets at https:\/\/www.showtix4u.com\/events\/23456<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Kristen Gelia & Stephen VanValkenburg in Almost, Maine….this weekend at the Main St. 56 Backstage Theater. Stephen says it’s the kind of town you would drive past going down the road, you wouldn’t think of anything n<\/b><\/em>otable. “There is so much richness buried in this little place, there is a sense of love, humor, heartbreak, old loves, new loves, unexpected love, there is a lot that happens in a small town.’<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Temporary space in the City Centre Concourse<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Link to story on new theater location below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BATAVIA\/Main Street 56 Theater shaping up at City Centre \u2013 Video News Service<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seth Coburn & Maia Zerillo in Almost, Maine-they play Pete and Ginette “It’s one of the more sweeter stories in the show,” says Coburn. “They’re in an awkward state where they like each other, but they don’t want to say anything.” <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Discussing the Northern Lights in Almost, Maine. Elijah Van Epps & Kendra Morrison. Elijah plays East, a repairman, who walks out to his backyard one night to find a strange woman standing in his yard and he doesn’t know why. The woman is carrying her broken heart that is in nineteen pieces in a small paper bag.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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The Batavia Players Present:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALMOST, MAINE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By John Cariani
Directed by Patrick D. Burk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7:30 PM
Friday, January 27th & Saturday, January 28th 
2:00 PM
Sunday, January 29th<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States. It’s almost in Canada. And it’s not quite a town, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it almost doesn’t exist. One cold, clear, winter night, as the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, the residents of Almost, Maine, find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend \u2014 almost  \u2014 in this delightful midwinter night’s dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets
Adults $16
\u200bStudents\/Seniors $14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets at https:\/\/www.showtix4u.com\/events\/23456<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Link to story on new theater location below: BATAVIA\/Main Street 56 Theater shaping up at City Centre \u2013 Video News Service The Batavia Players Present: ALMOST, MAINE By John CarianiDirected by Patrick D. Burk 7:30 PMFriday, January 27th & Saturday, January 28th 2:00 PMSunday, January 29th Welcome to Almost, Maine, a \u2026<\/p>\n

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