“Almost, Maine” by John Cariani will be presented by Mathews High School drama students at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Harry M. Ward Auditorium at Mathews High School.

Directed by Tim Fary Jr. and Heather McDevitt, the show tells eight stories of the residents of 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.” On a cold, clear night in the middle of winter, the town’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love. “Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. And life for the people of Almost, Maine will never be the same.”

The show’s ensemble cast includes Tatianna Braxton, Aleksa Slavkovic, Hannah Hirschberg, Henry Barnett, Allison Mackey, Damien Walters, Lanie Moncrief, Richard LeBel, Kelseay Haywood, Kathleen Winters and LaSeandra Rams...