DARK MONDAY: „Almost, Maine“ by John Cariani
Theater
Location: Kulturzentrum Merlin e.V., Augustenstraße 72, 70178 Stuttgart
Admission: 8.00 euros, reduced 6.00 euros; see Merlin website for details
Language: English
In the town of Almost, Maine, people experience the life-altering power of the human heart. In a series of playful and surreal experiences, relationships end, begin, or change beyond recognition, as strangers become friends, friends become lovers, and lovers turn into strangers. A woman carries her heart, broken into nineteen pieces, in a small paper bag. A man shrinks to half his former size after losing hope in love. A couple keep the love they have given each other in large red bags, or compress the mass into the size of a diamond.
These playful and surreal experiences are commonplace in the world of John Cariani’s Almost, Maine, where on one deeply cold and magical Midwinter Night, the citizens of Almost experience the life-altering power of the human heart. Relationships end, begin, or change beyond recognition, as strangers become friends, friends become lovers, and lovers turn into strangers.
NEAT is a non-profit theatrical society which presents theatergoers with uncompromised presentations of Anglophone theatre and culture.
In cooperation with: New English American Theatre, Staatministerin für Kultur und Medien, Kulturverein Merlin e.V.