Mary Jane

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Mary Jane

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5f

Amy Herzog

As Mary Jane navigates both the mundane and the unfathomable realities of caring for Alex, her chronically ill young son, she finds herself building a community of women from many walks of life. 

Image: 2017 New York Theatre Workshop Production (Joan Marcus)

Mary Jane

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5f
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
As Mary Jane navigates both the mundane and the unfathomable realities of caring for Alex, her chronically ill young son, she finds herself building a community of women from many walks of life. Mary Jane is Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog’s remarkably powerful and compassionate portrait of a contemporary American woman striving for grace.
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  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 105 Minutes

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“The most profound and harrowing of Ms. Herzog’s many fine plays.” – The New York Times

“Mary Jane is Herzog’s most satisfying work to date because it has verisimilitude that many contemporary realistic plays don’t.” – The New Yorker

“But Mary Jane is nevertheless a very big drama, even if its conflicts are almost never between people. They are instead between Mary Jane and her unspoken ideas about life – that is, God. To me, this makes Mary Jane the most profound and harrowing of Ms. Herzog’s many fine plays.” – The New York Times

“For a heart-piercing ride-along on the avalanche of emotion engulfing the parent of a desperately ill, incapacitated child, playwright Amy Herzog exceeds her own fine record of accomplishment with Mary Jane.” – The Washington Post

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  • Mary Jane: The Cast in Conversation

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    Image: 2017 New York Theatre Workshop Production (Joan Marcus)

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Amy Herzog

Amy Herzog
Amy Herzog’s plays include Mary Jane (New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award), 4000 Miles (Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Obie Award for Best New American Play), After the Revolution (New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award) and Belleville (Drama Desk Award nominee). She received ...
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