Marvin's Room

Winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play, the John Gassner Award for Best New American Play, and the Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award, and a Major Motion Picture starring Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, and Leonardo DiCaprio

The tale of one family's journey through humor and heartache, separation and self-discovery, Marvin's Room examines the ties that bind families together... whether they like it or not.

Good-hearted Bessie has been taking care of her ailing father for twenty years, but now she's the one who's sick, and she must reconcile with her estranged sister, Lee. A remarkably humorous and tender play, this critically acclaimed family drama was dubbed by The New York Times as "one of the funniest plays of the year, as well as one of the wisest and most moving."


About the Author
Scott McPherson was the award-winning playwright of Marvin's Room, for which he also adapted the screenplay. He died in 1991.

Larry Kramer is a playwright, author, public health advocate, and LGBTQ rights activist. He co-founded the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), the world's largest private organization assisting people living with AIDS. Kramer is author of The Normal Heart and The Destiny of Me, for which he was nominated for Pulitzer Prize.