Both irreverent and wrenching, THEY NAMED US MARY continues Another Country Productions’ commitment to underrepresented voices. The play tells the story of five Catholic sisters all named Mary who reunite at their father’s funeral to try to find a way to survive financially and as a family. Using many of the Irish conventions - corpse play, an ever-present coffin, the awareness of the metaphysical in every day life and, of course, alcohol, the play is a controversial examination of women’s lives, their relationship with traditional religious icons and how they deal with the basic question of who gets the money when Dad dies. “This play reveals the underpinnings of women's lives and the real challenges they face in a violent world. It's an important play for people to see,” says co-producer Wendy Payne. “I intermittently cried and laughed out loud the first time I read it.”

‘“They Named Us Mary’ is the extraordinarily moving drama set in the Pittsburgh area in the late 1980’s. The story takes place in the days following the funeral of the father of 5 in an Irish Catholic family... and chronicles the complex relationships among the family members... It is gritty, funny, and in the end, hopeful... as the daughters, all named “Mary” ...are revealed, and go forward. No simple answers here. Just honest, powerful human material.‘
~ June Murphy-Katz