Carrie Coon has drawn acclaim for her TV work, but her return to theater in 'Mary Jane' brings a welcome clarity of character
NEW YORK - You can tell by the way Carrie Coon confidently maneuvers around the tables of a crowded Tribeca restaurant that this is an actress who has hit her stride.
She recently completed two tours of television duty, receiving acclaim for her work on HBO's "The Leftovers" and an Emmy nomination for her performance in the third season of the FX anthology series "Fargo." And she's now starring off-Broadway in "Mary Jane," Amy Herzog's at once heartening and heartrending new drama at New York Theatre Workshop.
The play, focused on the life of a single mother of a severely disabled child, is one of the scintillating new offerings of the fall season. Hauntingly elliptical, slyly humorous and unapologetically female centered, "Mary Jane" provides an opportunity for Coon to reveal different hues in her acting palette than her crisis-ridden TV roles have shown.
"Mary Jane is a naturally optimistic and curious person, which is much closer to who I am than the characters I normally play," said Coon, expertly
