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Mendo Lake Family Life

Living Outside the Lines

Sometime in the 1970s in the wilds of New Mexico, an 11-year-old homeschool girl lives with her back-to-the-land parents. Her dad is depressed and her mom is trying to figure out what to do with the IRS agent who came to audit them but, for some reason, has undergone an existential crisis on their couch. Such is the plot of Off the Map, a quirky 1999 play that was turned into a highly praised, under-the-radar film in 2003 and will come to the stage of Willits Theatre in Willits on July 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. and July 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15–$20 and are available at the door or via willitstheatre.org