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Mary Page Marlowe
Full-Length Play, Drama / 11w, 6m, 1girl(s)
Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright Tracy Letts' remarkable play, spanning 70 years in a woman's life, explores the fragility of a moment and its effects on one’s identity.
Image: 2016 Steppenwolf Theatre Company Production (Michael Brosilow)
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Cast Size
11w, 6m, 1girl(s) -
Duration
90 minutes -
Subgenre
Not Applicable -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Mary Page Marlowe leads an unremarkable life. As an accountant in Ohio with two children, few would expect her life to be inordinately intricate or moving. However, it is choices, both mundane and gripping, and where those choices have taken Mary Page Marlowe that make her life so intimate and surprisingly complicated. From Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright Tracy Letts comes a piece about the fragility of a moment and its effects on one’s identity.
History
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- Time Period New Millennium/21st Century
- Setting
Various locations in Ohio and Kentucky. 1946-2015.
- Features Period Costumes
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Alcohol
Media
“Smartly constructed and ultimately quite moving.” – Time Out Chicago
“Deeply moving... you feel an intense desire for more scenes, more time in your seat, a deeper dive into the life, times and fate of the protagonist you are watching.” – Chicago Tribune, Read More
“Smartly constructed and ultimately quite moving.” – Time Out Chicago, Read More
“Brilliant... carefully conceived.” – Talkin' Broadway, Read More
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
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Videos
Tracy Letts on Mary Page Marlowe
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Audiences respond to Mary Page Marlowe
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PBS Special on Mary Page Marlowe
Photos
Image: 2016 Steppenwolf Theatre Company Production (Michael Brosilow)
Licensing & Materials
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Authors
Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts has been a Steppenwolf ensemble member since 2002. He was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County, which played on Broadway for over a year, following a sold-out run at Steppenwolf in 2007. August also enjoyed a sold-out engagem ...