Event

Mary Jane The Musical

Mary Jane: The Musical is a unique musical event, part concert, part show. With songs commissioned from over a dozen songwriters, Mary Jane: The Musical explores the light and dark sides of California's marijuana 'green rush,' reflecting the broad spectrum of our community's attitudes, beliefs, fears, hopes and dreams about the herb. Out of this milieu Dell'Arte has envisioned a true theatre-of-place production.

Sung in concert style by a cast of fourteen singers, actors and musicians, the story spotlights Mary Jane, the title character and first-generation grower played by Dell'Arte's Founding Artistic Director Joan Schirle, who reflects on her relationship with the development of 'the industry' throughout the piece, and her final words address the imminent possibility of federal legalization.

"MJM" promises to reflect the good, the bad, the funny and the sad, in new original songs born of our local marijuana culture. Whether you think Mary Jane's an industrial pollutant or a magical mystery, there'll be a song for you!
A musical in two acts, with one intermission, directed by Michael Fields.