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From left: Ken Martin, Jason Stevens, Christine Thompson and Eric Jordan star in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "The Shadow Box," which opened Thursday, May 23, in North Conway. (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)

CONWAY — Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning “The Shadow Box,” the latest production from M&D at the Eastern Slope Playhouse Inn, is a rumination on life and death that is sad, but also joyful and uplifting.

A shadow box is an enclosed glass-front display containing objects presented in a thematic grouping with artistic or personal meaning. So, how does that relate to Michael Cristofer’s “The Shadow Box,” a play focusing on three terminally ill patients living out their final days in cottages at a large hospital?

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From left: Jane Duggan, Melissa O'Neil, Ken Martin, Karen Gustafson, Eric Jordan, Jason Stevens and Christine Thompson star in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "The Shadow Box," which opened Thursday, May 23, in North Conway. (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)

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From left: Christine Thompson, Kaitlyn Marshall and Jason Stevens star in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "The Shadow Box," which opened Thursday, May 23, in North Conway. (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)

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Melissa O'Neil (left) and Jane Duggan in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "The Shadow Box." (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)

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Ken Martin and Karen Gustafson in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "The Shadow Box." (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)

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