On Thursday, the Midwestern State Theatre Department began their four-day run of John Cariani’s “Almost Maine” in Bea Wood Studio Theatre.

The play, directed by Laura Jefferson, ran once a day at 7:30 p.m. from Thursday to Saturday, with a final showing Sunday at  2:30 p.m.

The play takes place in Almost, Maine, a city that lies outside of the organized territories of Maine. The citizens of Almost portray love in its different stages in the form of miniature scenes or vignettes. The subject matter of the scenes ranged from a break-up of a marriage that’s lost its love to the declaration of first love.

The play was well received by many students that went to see it.

“It’s mostly amusing, sometimes sad and a bit touching all throughout,” senior Katelyn Baker said.

Baker had heard about the play from her English professor, who had encouraged his students to attend to support the theatre department, and was pleasantly surprised by just how much she enjoyed it.

“I found it very touching,” Baker said. “There was one part where I had tears in my eyes. They didn’t fall, but they were there nonetheless.”

Another student, Katie Parker, found the play to be touching, but at the same time almost too much so.

“There were some parts that I felt to be too sweet for my taste,” Parker said. “But I still very much enjoyed it.”

Others embraced the play wholeheartedly as a message of what could be, such as Hannah Blasdel.

“It was simply magical,” Basdel said.

Cast member Houston Pokorny reinforced the message that the play was trying to convey.

“It’s all about love at first sight, and the possibility that love can occur at any time to anyone,” Porkorny said.

Porkorny plays a man who discovers a recent widow, played by Nicole Neely, sitting on his lawn in the middle of the night in hopes of catching a glimpse of the Northern Lights.

“Love can occur even at the most unexpected time,” Porkorny said.