ALMOST, MAINE PLAYWRIGHT JOHN CARIANI AT ELMWOOD PLAYHOUSE FOR AUDIENCE Q & A

Playwright John Cariani will be attending the January 21st performance of his play  ALMOST, MAINE at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack  and will participate in an Audience Talkback  and Q & A followed by a wine and cheese reception.

  Born and raised in Presque Isle, Maine, Mr. Cariani
premiered his first play, ALMOST MAINE, at Portland Stage
 Company.  Cariani majored in History at Amherst College,
 but the lure of the theater overpowered his original plans for a teaching  career.  He appeared on the crime series LAW AND ORDER, but his major break as an actor came in 2004 when he was cast in the role of Motel in a Broadway
 revival of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.    This performance earned him a Tony nomination and won him the 2004 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Mr. Cariani's bouquet of touching love stories,  
 has been produced by over 50 professional theatres internationally  and is currently one of the most produced plays by community theatres, universities and high schools.

Almost, Maine is currently running at Elmwood  through February 4, 2012. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 353-1313 ,on-line at www.elmwoodplayhouse.com or at the box office located at 10 Park Street, Nyack, NY Tuesday-Friday 9:00am-3:00pm; Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm (closed Sunday and Monday).  General admission seating.  Adults $21.00, Seniors/Students $18.00 (except Saturdays).

Elmwood Playhouse is a not-for-profit community theater that has been serving the cultural and artistic needs of  Rockland and outer communities continuously since 1947.