Mary Jane (TCG Edition)

By Amy Herzog

World premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, C.T. in the spring of 2017, which opened to critical acclaim from regional reviewers. Subsequent Off-Broadway premiere at New York Theatre Workshop in the fall of 2017 starring Carrie Coon.

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Release date: Oct 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9781559368988

Book preview

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

Reviews for Mary Jane (TCG Edition)

[Tenneh · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Really enjoyed this play and excited to read more works by Amy Herzog!