Playwright Visits Schreiber High School in Port Washington

Submitted by Port Washington School District

Prior to Paul D. Schreiber High School’s production of “Almost, Maine,” award-winning actor and accomplished playwright John Cariani – who wrote the play “Almost, Maine” – visited the school to work with student-actors on their scenes.

Cariani worked carefully on the scenes with the actors and answered questions about the characters for students. He spent time with the “opening moments” of each scene, helping the student-actors to be “in the moment” from the instant they appeared on stage.

As an actor, Cariani has appeared on and off Broadway, in several films and television shows, and at regional theaters across the country. He has shared the screen with acting legends such as Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Edward Asner. In 2004, he made his Broadway debut as Motel the Tailor in the Broadway revival of “Fiddler on the Roof” starring Alfred Molina, and he played CSU Tech Julian Beck on NBC’s long-running drama “Law & Order.”

Photo: Pictured is the Paul D. Schreiber High School cast of “Almost, Maine” with Playwright John Cariani and School Director Christine Nelson.