Marvin's Room

Marvin’s Room takes its title from the space family patriarch Mavin Wakefield spends all the hours of his days, now that he’s reached the end stages of his life’s journey. He and his sister Ruth are tended to by his eldest daughter, Bessie. They’re the unchosen family who chose to remain together. In Ohio, Marvin’s youngest daughter, Lee, is struggling to raise two teenage sons alone - Charlie, a bookworm who’s failing out of school, and Hank, current resident of a detention facility, put there after attempting to burn down the family home. When Bessie is diagnosed with leukemia, she and Lee are forced to reconnect. Might Lee or one of her sons be a match for Bessie’s needed bone marrow transplant? What’s to become of Marvin and Ruth if not? While its themes are tinged with sadness, Marvin’s Room is laugh-out-loud funny and oh-so-wise about how each of us persists - in families we didn’t choose, in bodies that betray us, in lives we don’t recognize, and in the face of each of life’s little and not-so-little indignities and disappointments. George Frey Arts & Recreation 10-10 20th St Fair Lawn NJ Fri. December 8th 2023, 8:00 pm Sat. December 9th 2023, 8:00 pm Sun. December 10th 2023, 2:00 pm PRICING Adult: $20.00 Senior: $18.00 Child Under 12/Member: $15.00 RUNNING TIME 2 hours 15 minutes, with one 15 minute intermission ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Refund/Exchange Policy All sales are final. MARVIN'S ROOM CAST Leslie Darcy (Bessie) Katie Maul (Lee) Justin Del Valle (Hank) Cynthia Smith Barry (Ruth) Alex Papasavas (Dr. Wally) Somni Baboulis (Charlie) Rachelle Mandik (Dr. Charlotte) Nat Gennace (Bob) Michael Rocco (Retirement Director) Bob Russell (Marvin) Production Team: Director | Costume Designer Craig Tiede Producer Nick Nappo Production Assistant Meg Murray Set Designer | Master Builder Dan Seitz Properties | Wigs Angela Dallesandro