THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Vanguard Collective’s Premiere Production at the Edmonton Fringe! An innovation organization of artists; artists were divided into trios that would direct each other in a rotation of pieces. The three trios came together a week before the festival to coordinate the piece as a whole under the guidance of Neil Kuefler and Jake Tkacyzk.
THE STORY
Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States — it’s almost in
Canada. And it almost doesn’t exist. Because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it’s just…
Almost.
One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost’s
residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken.
Love is lost, found, and confounded. And life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same.
Almost, Maine: It’s love. But not quite.
THE TEAM
Matthew Blackwell – Director: “Sad and Glad” / Actor: Pete in “Prologue/Interlogue/Epilogue,” Randy in “They Fell” / Marketing
Kristen Forsyth – Director: “They Fell” / Actor: Ginette in “Prologue/Interlogue/Epilogue,” Sandrine in “Sad and Glad / Marketing
Paula Humby – Director: “Story of Hope” / Actor: Maralyn in “This Hurts,” Gayle in “Getting it Back,” Suzette in ‘Story of Hope”
Neil Kuefler – Director: “prologue/interlogue/epilogue”
actor: jimmy in “Sad and glad,” chad in “they fell”
producer
Kandice laurie -director: “this hurts”
actor: waitress in “sad and glad,” lendall in “getting it back,” hope in “story of hope”
kendra lamothe-chang -director: “seeing the thing”
actor: east in “her heart,” marci in “where it went”
Scott shpeley -director: “HER HEART”
actor: PHIL in “WHERE IT WENT,” DAVE in “SEEING THE THING”
SOUND DESIGNER
linette J. smith -director: “where it went”
actor: glory in “her heart,” rhonda in “seeing the thing”
mark vetsch -director: “getting it back”
actor: steve in “this hurts,” daniel in “story of hope”
lighting designer
Geoff jackson – videographer
jake tkaczyk -producer
andrea trueman -set and costume designer
sheena wilbur -stage management
jadyn buchanan- lighting technician
adam bucyk – lighting technician
Ben haney -sound operator
julie sucie – lighting operator
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