Mona(MaëllePoésy)hasrecentlyarrivedinNewYorkfromFranceinordertomounthernewestplay—anautobiographicalpiecethatdepictshertumultuous,on-again,off-againaffairwithamarriedphotographer,Nick(LinasPhillips)...

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