Almost, Maine Critique

Almost, Maine Critique (1772 words)

Personal Opinion

My personal opinion is in the play, it came to me as very connected and through the scenes the actors really helped develop that vibe and tone of the play, really making it spark. This also helped the idea of Love, in manners of these events happening at the same time. The lighting and music definitely set the stage, especially the aurora and scene changes, it made the play very magical, also the props were very good in the aspect of bringing definition to the characters; bags of love, the heart and ironing board. These did develop an amazing performance which look like dedication and time was taken to do.

Prologue, Interlogue, and Epilogue

These short scenes I did really enjoy, it was very planned out and casted very well, both Grant and Karina did excellent in lines and establishing their character. Things did look under control and fine till the switching of the scene to the Epilogue where a boot was left on stage. Although that happened, Grant and Karina still performed and didn’t let that tiny mistake bother them, which I noticed was an excellent choice. Costume were put together nicely, it outlines the characters and gave me a feel of who they are and the fact that it was winter. Overall, each scene tied together perfectly with the setting and music, including the actor who made the scene come to life.

Her Heart

First, I was confused of why Emily was placed so far down stage right, it seemed awkward for both of them to talk and have movement. Although the connection between them was outstanding, it really gave the feel of two strangers meeting and having something happen between them. Second, costumes were great as well, since Emily/Glory was a hiker it was established with her clothing and the backpack (also the fact of a tent set up), but the paper bag did throw me off, because it seemed odd to put her “heart’ in a paper bag. Then Josh/East’s costume made perfect sense of his character almost going to bed then seeing a stranger outside, then going to go check it out, it also seemed like his character would do that. Both of their facials and expressions helped the emotional scene tie it together, bring us the audience into the not just watching it. One thing that probably could have been fixed was that Josh sat down to fix Glory’s heart, which struck me odd that he would do that outside in his pajamas. When he could have went to the porch or stayed standing up while looking through the bag implicating he was going to fix it.

Sad and Glad

In this scene, I felt that it was not fully developed like it could have been, the actors did not seemed connected or really play off each other, this is what made me not like it. Also the waitress tray went wrong, a bad glare reflection