Mary Jane (TCG Edition)
By Amy Herzog
5/5
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About this ebook
Early talk of Broadway transfer in spring 2018.
Herzog’s work is a popular for drama courses; Also, with themes of motherhood and caregiving, could do well targeting audiences with those interests.
Herzog was a finalist for the 2017 Susan Smith Blackburn Award for Mary Jane.
Herzog won the 2012 Obie Award in the category Best New American Play for 4000 Miles
She was a finalist for the 2012-2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Award for Belleville.
She won a 2011 Whiting Award and the Lilly Award in 2011 for playwriting.
She received the 2008 Helen Merrill Award for Aspiring Playwrights.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Really enjoyed this play and excited to read more works by Amy Herzog!
Book preview
Mary Jane (TCG Edition) - Amy Herzog
Part One
SCENE ONE
I’d be better off dancing in a forest
Mary Jane’s apartment. The living room/kitchen of a small one-bedroom apartment in Queens. In the living room is a pullout couch that serves as Mary Jane’s bed.
Ruthie is plunging the kitchen sink and trying to fish muck out of the drain.
Mary Jane has a genuine, easy cheer.
MARY JANE: And you know when the train stops underground, and you’re waiting, like okay, train traffic ahead or whatever, but there’s no announcement and after a while the engine cuts out and the lights dim and there’s this collective groan of: "Ohhhhhh