Mary Jane
by Amy Herzog

Name: Mary Jane
Brand: Amy Herzog
SKU: 9780573707179
Rating: 3.46 (5 reviews)

BroadwayOff-Broadway

Highlights

Female

105 minsPresent DayAll WomenUnit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Awards & Recognition

Tony Award

Nominee: Four 2024 Tony Awards, including Best Play

What readers are saying

Many readers find the play emotionally impactful and poignant, particularly resonating with the experiences of caregiving and the struggles of a single mother. The performances, especially by Rachel McAdams, receive high praise for bringing the story to life. However, some feel that the play lacks a satisfying conclusion and leaves too many questions unanswered.

Powerful storytellingStrong character developmentEmotional depthExcellent performancesUnsatisfying endingSome found it too depressing

Synopsis

Mary Jane; A moving play about the stalwart endurance of a devoted mother, winner of the 2018 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.

Press Reviews

"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

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Ruthie a building superintendent	—	—	a building superintendent
Sherry a nurse	—	—	a nurse
Brianne a Facebook friend	—	—	a Facebook friend
Amelia Sherry’s niece, a college student	—	—	Sherry’s niece, a college student
Dr. Toros a pediatric intensivist	—	—	a pediatric intensivist
Chaya a Hasidic woman	female	—	a Hasidic woman
Kat a music therapist	—	—	a music therapist
Tenkei a Buddhist nun	—	—	a Buddhist nun
Mary Jane a woman in her thirties	female	—	a woman in her thirties