A Play by:
John Cariani

Jack Cummings III (Director). Jack is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Transport Group Theatre Company. Select Transport Group credits: Broadbend, Arkansas, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Summer and Smoke (co-production with Classic Stage Company), Renascence (co-directed with Dick Scanlan), Queen of the Mist, The Audience, Three Days To See, Marcy in the Galaxy, See Rock City & Other Destinations, Strange Interlude, I Remember Mama, Normal, Once Upon A Mattress, Picnic, The Boys in the Band, Almost, Maine, Our Town. Other NY credits: world premieres Terrence McNally’s And Away We Go (Pearl Theatre Company), 1,000 Words Come to Mind (Premieres Inner Voices), Arlington (Premieres Inner Voices). Regional: Benny & Joon (Old Globe Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse), I Remember Mama (Two River Theatre), A Streetcar Named Desire (Gretna Theatre). BA College of William & Mary, MFA University of Virginia. Married to Barbara Walsh.

Tom Kochan (Composer) Emmy Award winning composer Tom Kochan is thrilled to be making his debut at the Barn Playhouse with his Drama Desk nominated score to Almost, Maine. Career highlights include: The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper at Williamstown Theatre Festival, two plays with Arthur Miller (at Roundabout and Williamstown), Give CD’s with Glutist James Galway (on RCA Records), three NYC productions with British Filmmaker Mike Leigh (including the Obie Award winning Ecstasy), and the Jonathan Larson award winning musical Pretty to the Bone. Tom is the series composer for “Playing On Air”, a radio/podcast show of short plays. His songs are currently featured on The Young and the Restless on CBS.

Peiyi Wong (Scenic & Costume Designer) is a Bessie Award-winning scenographer and interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She designs sets, installations, and costumes for live performance and film. Select credits include scenic + costume design for The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Transport Group), Kafka’s A Hunger Artist (Sinking Ship/The Tank), MukhAgni (The Public UTR), Theater in Quarantine (TiQ): The Seventh Voyage and All the Different Ways…; scenic design for The Vicksburg Project (Mabou Mines), Songs About Trains (Radical Evolution/Working Theater), You Are Under Our Space Control (Object Collection), Memoirs of a…Unicorn (NY Live Arts, 2018 Bessie Outstanding Design), Charleses (The Tank, Hewes Award nomination), Now is the Time (Little Lord), The Tower (HERE Arts); costumes for some higher glimmer (Buran Theater), Broadbend, AK (Transport Group/The Public), Namour (ARRAY feature film, on Netflix). Faculty at Playwrights Horizons Theater School, NYU Tisch. BA, Columbia University/ MFA, CalArts. www.peiyiameliawong.com

Keith A. Truax^ (Lighting Designer) Is thrilled to be returning to The New London Barn Playhouse for his 5th season “Footloose & Almost Maine”. Past credits include: “Summer Under The Stars”, “The Marvelous Wonderettes”, “Catch Me If You Can”, “Peter and the Starcatcher”, “Newsies”, “Murder for Two”, “Godspell” & “Souvenir”. Additional Regional Credits: “The Lost Colony”, Utah Valley University’s “Fly More Than You Fall”, Lincoln Park’s “SpongeBob Square Pants”, “Newsies”, “Matilda”, “In The Heights”, “Singin’ In The Rain”, “Sweeney Todd”, “Ragtime”, “Big Fish”, & “Mary Poppins”. Pittsburgh CLO’s “Double Threat Trio”, “Pump Boys & Dinettes”, “First Date”, “Toxic Avenger”, and “Altar Boyz”. PICT Classic Theatre selective credits: “As You Like It”, “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, “The Woman in Black”, “Romeo & Juliet”, “Sive”, “The Lion in Winter”, “The Merchant of Venice”, & “Women and Scarecrow”. Blumenthal Performing Arts: “Reflections” (Outdoor Aerial Ballet), “Shout Out!” (Hip Hop Dance Concert), “Tablao Flamenco”, John Engeman Theatre’s “Jekyll & Hyde” and The Westside Theatre Downstairs “Othello: The Remix”. Keith holds an MFA in Lighting Design from Carnegie Mellon University. For additional information please visit www.keithtruax.com.

Alex Branton (Pete/Jimmy/Steve/Randy/Dave) is grateful to be making his debut at New London Barn Playhouse with this beautiful piece. Select credits: Water for Elephants (Foresight Theatrical), Son of a Gun (OOBC – Firebone Theatre), Appropriate (Vineyard Arts Project), 1984 (Circle Theatre), Bright Star (Firehouse Theatre), Godspell (Watertower Theatre), and Once (Theatre 3). Proud Carnegie Mellon University graduate. Love is worth it. It is the ultimate unifier. www.alexbranton.com @alex_branton

Kyra Kennedy (Glory/Waitress/Marvalyn/Shelly/Marci/Rhonda) - Kyra most recently originated the role of Monica Lewinsky in the world premiere play When Monica Met Hillary. Before that she originated the role of Kat Arujo in the World Premiere of Mystic Pizza the Musical. First National Tour: Waitress (Francine/Jenna + Dawn u/s), Regional: Gypsy (Louise, Sharon Playhouse), Murder Ballad (Sara, Playhouse Square), Spring Awakening (Wendla, Beck Center for the Arts). Kyra was last at the Barn Playhouse as a 2012 Intern (Sheila in Hair, Gertie in Oklahoma, Serena in Legally Blonde!) returned to do Godspell (2017) and is so glad to be back at her happy place. More info can be found at www.kyramkennedy.com or follow her @kyramkennedy to see pics of the fat cat she doesn't shut up about.

Kristina Walz (Ginette/Sandrine/Gayle/Deena/Hope) is thrilled to be back at The New London Barn Playhouse for Almost, Maine! You may have recently seen her this summer as Gretchen in Boeing Boeing! National Tour: Rock of Ages 10th Anniversary. Cruise Line: Aida Cruise Line Lead Vocalist, Norwegian Cruise Line Six: The Musical Regional: Forestburgh Playhouse Newsies, Bye Bye Birdie, The Graduate, White Plains Performing Arts Center Aida, Millbrook Playhouse Marvelous Wonderettes Dream On, Footlight Frenzy, Metropolitan Theatre Mamma Mia, Studio Playhouse 25th Annual..Spelling Bee. Recent MBA graduate, Kristina wants to thank her parents for their endless support.

Adam Zeph (East/Lendall/Chad/Phil/Man)is grateful to be back in New London! At the Barn Playhouse: Boeing Boeing, Footloose, Mamma Mia, Catch Me If You Can, The Odd Couple, Crazy for You, H2$, Shrek, Brigadoon, West Side Story, Camelot, 42nd Street. The Cat in the Hat (TCT of Cincinnati), Hairspray (American Stage), Packer Fans From Outer Space (Northern Sky Theatre). Radio: Script Supervisor for “Live From Here with Chris Thile”. CCM. Thanks to all the Barnies and the Z’s!

Nick Case (U/S; Pete/Jimmy/Steve/Randy/David/East/Lendall/Chad/Phil/Man) is thrilled to be back at the Barn! He is a 2017 Acting Intern alumnus (Godspell, The Secret Garden, West Side Story, All Shook Up) and 2019 Penn State BFA Musical Theatre graduate. Other favorite credits: Hamlet (Hamlet), Man of La Mancha (Barber), My Fair Lady (Freddy), Peter and the Starcatcher (Boy/Peter), Pride and Prejudice (Darcy). Much love to his fellow Barnies and his family. “He who sings, prays twice.”

Jordan Hurley (U/S; Glory/Waitress/Marvalyn/Shelly/Marci/Rhonda/Ginette/Sandrine/Gayle/Deena/Hope) is thrilled to be back at the Barn Playhouse - previous Barn Playhouse Credits: kitchen staff! A recent graduate of NYU Tisch Drama, Jordan spent much of her college career at Playwrights Horizons collaborating on new works as an actor, singer, writer, director, and choreographer. Highlights include sharing the stage with a hermit crab and playing a character named after a Spice Girl. Jordan played Little Becky Two Shoes in the Tisch Drama Stage live stream production of Urinetown the Musical and spent her final year at The Classical Studio focusing on Shakespeare, trading off between playing Brutus and Portia in their 24-performance run of Julius Caesar. Jordan comes to the Barn Playhouse after a 6-week run hiking with middle-schoolers in Yellowstone National Park. Thank you to my family - especially Bubbe and Saba and Noah.