A 20-year high school reunion unfolds at a 100-year-old lakeside pavilion in Pine City, Minnesota, drawing two former classmates into unresolved feelings. Peter returns after leaving college without coming back, leaving Kari to face an unplanned pregnancy alone amid a judgmental hometown. Kari treats “sorry” as meaningless noise, while Peter recognizes he has not formed a meaningful relationship since. He hopes to reconnect with Kari, but their history creates infinite complications that make reconciliation feel out of reach. The production relies on naturalistic acting in a small, close audience space to preserve emotional realism.
"Naturalistic acting is a must in the tiny Southeast Portland space, where the 30-plus audience members sit so close to the stage that one false, blatantly theatrical note could spoil the whole show. Instead, director Jonathan Hoonhout and his actors hold us close to this emotional story set in Pine City, Minnesota, where a 20-year high school reunion is taking place at the 100-year-old lakeside pavilion."
"As former classmates catch up, the question on everyone's mind is, will the Cutest Senior Couple, Kari and Peter, get back together? If this were a Hallmark movie, we'd have our answer. But Wright is more interested in exploring the infinite complications that can make reconciliation feel out of reach. Returning to Pine City after 20 years away, Peter (Alex Lathrop) hopes to wander into the dance hall and woo the unhappily-married Kari (Annie Kehoe, also co-artistic director)."
"But first he'll have to reckon with the fact that after high school, he skedaddled off to college and never came back, leaving her to deal with an unplanned pregnancy alone ... in their gossipy and judgmental hometown, no less. As a result of this betrayal, Kari has come to see “sorry” as a noise more than a word. Peter, on the other hand, has realized he's never had a meaningful relationship with anyone else."
"Unless, that is, you count his current girlfriend, a 23-year-old artist who paints fruit. It would be tempting to say Peter is just plain selfish, but Lathrop's portrayal of him is so sensitively rendered, a big part of"
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