Mr. Marmalade

The Play

Lucy is a four-year-old girl with a very active imagination. Unfortunately, her imaginary friend Mr. Marmalade doesn’t have much time for her. Not to mention he beats up his personal assistant, has a cocaine addiction, and a penchant for pornography and very long dildos. Larry, her only real friend, is the youngest suicide attempt in the history of New Jersey. MR. MARMALADE is a savage black comedy about what it takes to grow up in these difficult times.

My Work

Most of my research for Mr. Marmalade revolved around child psychology as the play asks for older actors to play the young characters. In addition to making a dramatugy packet, I created an interactive dramaturgical lobby display where audience members could take part in some of the exercises that child psychologists would use if met with the main characters of the play.