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. In this sweeping but intimate play, Tracy Letts gives us a haunting portrait of a complex woman, demonstrating how a series of forgotten moments can add up to one memorable life.
Six actors portray the title character as she moves from age 12 to 69. Just as a family quilt is assembled piecemeal over time, Mary Page Marlowe is stitched together haphazardly as the story unfolds, leaving us to fill in the gaps and to try to ferret out connections that Mr. Letts intends us to infer.

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