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4M, 2W (doubling) 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 difficulr rimes.

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exhilarating . .. alternately hilarious and heartbrea/~ing . .. through the -The New Yorker alchemy ofHaidle's scintillating style" "Haidle's fertile imagination has produced a world in which ... reality and fantas)! collide and intertwine ... [A} roller-coaster saga ... MR. MARMA­ LADE marks its author ... as a name to watch in the future. " -The Los Angeles Times (Titus) "... slyly amusing, envelope-pushing . . . Haidle has the courage ofhis convic­ tions, which he has demonstrated in a mature and accomplished play ... extraordinary . .. " -The Los Angeles Times (Miller) ''Haidle [has} an Albee-like bent for creating character capable of both /~ind­ ness and cruelty ... a poignant story [that} runs the gamut Fom hilarious to heartbreaking . .. " -The Orange County Register

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