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Mary Jane

Mary Jane

Amy Herzog

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Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 1, Scene 5
Time & Place
An apartment in Queens, New York City, Present Day
Length
Long
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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I had heard they could save babies who came early like that, so I just thought, Okay, this is gonna be a tough few weeks, we’ll get through it. They kept him in as long as they could, he was born at twenty-five weeks and four days.
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Our neurologist says it’s a miracle how much he can do, considering how bad that bleed was. They thought he’d basically sleep through his whole life, but he’s—you’ll come again sometime when he’s feeling better, you’ll see.

Amy Herzog. Mary Jane. New York Communications Group (electronic edition) p.53-54

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