Students and faculty alike are all talking about how West Boca High School’s production of Almost, Maine is the perfect romantic play to help welcome in the holiday season. The play is directed by Lance Blank and by two students, Noelle Hoffman and Marisa Cioffi. Every cast and stage member is a student at West Boca High School, making this professional-level performance even more stunning.
The story takes place in Almost, Maine, a small town that doesn’t even exist on the map. The plot follows the lives of several characters as they fall in and out of love on one winter Friday night. It is divided into two acts with 10 hysterical, heart-warming, and sometimes even heart-breaking scenes. Also, this comedy is full of ironies and hidden truths that slowly get revealed to the audience as the play progresses, leaving many scenes with shocking endings.
One of this author’s favorite scenes was ‘Seeing the Thing,’ the ninth scene. It is about two very different people, a ‘tough’ girl, Rhonda, and a ‘not-so-tough’ guy, Dave. In this scene, Dave tries to confess his feelings to Rhonda through a painting he painted. However, Rhonda can’t see ‘the thing’ in the painting he is trying to show her. With a few over-dramatized reactions and sexual references, this stood out among the rest of the amazing scenes.
If you weren’t able to see the West Boca High’s performance of Almost, Maine, the same drama department will also be performing the Addams Family starting on March 6 until March 18th at select times.
Tickets for the Addams Family can be purchased for only $15 (pdf order form) and you can reach their box office at (561)-672-2066.
