Theater Review: ‘Peace for Mary Frances’

Theater Review: ‘Peace for Mary Frances’
Mary Frances (Lois Smith, C), now in hospice care, surrounded by her granddaughters Rosie (Natalie Gold, L), and Helen (Heather Burns) in Lily Thorne’s “Peace for Mary Frances.” Monique Carboni
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NEW YORK—After being introduced to this dysfunctional family, one wonders if there will ever be peace for Mary Frances, the family matriarch, who lies slowly dying of a respiratory disease.

Her caretakers include her daughter Fanny (Johanna Day), a recovering heroin addict on methadone for some years, who can be forgetful. She’s failed to connect her mom’s oxygen correctly, for example, which brings about the wrath of her conscientious sister Alice (J. Smith-Cameron).
Diana Barth
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