Mary Page Marlowe

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Mary Page Marlowe

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  11w, 6m, 1girl(s)

Tracy Letts

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)

Mary Page Marlowe

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    11w, 6m, 1girl(s)
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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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
Mary Page Marlowe premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago in April 2016 under the direction of Anna D. Shapiro. The play opened off-Broadway at the Tony Kiser Theater on July 12, 2018, in a Second Stage Theater production directed by Lila Neugebauer.
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Performing Groups

MARY PAGE MARLOWE, ten months
MARY PAGE MARLOWE, 12
MARY PAGE MARLOWE, 19
MARY PAGE MARLOWE, 27 and 36
MARY PAGE MARLOWE, 40 and 44
MARY PAGE MARLOWE, 50
MARY PAGE MARLOWE, 59, 63, and 69
LOUIS GILBERT
WENDY GILBERT
LORNA
CONNIE
ANDY
ED MARLOWE
ROBERTA MARLOWE
SHRINK
NURSE
RAY
DAN
BEN

Wendy Gilbert, ages 16 and 20, should be played by the same actor.
Roberta Marlowe, ages 19 and 32, should be played by the same actor.

Wendy Gilbert, ages 16 and 20, should be played by the same actor.

Roberta Marlowe, ages 19 and 32, should be played by the same actor.

  • Time Period New Millennium/21st Century, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s / WWII
  • Setting Various locations in Ohio and Kentucky. 1946-2015.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes
    • Smoking

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

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  • Mary Page Marlowe

    Image: 2016 Steppenwolf Theatre Company Production (Michael Brosilow)

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  • Minimum Fee: $130 per performance

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Tracy Letts

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 ...

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