Off the Map Summary
Joan Ackermann

Everything you need to understand or teach Off the Map by Joan Ackermann.

  • Off the Map Summary & Study Guide

Off the Map Summary

The play's title comes from the location where the Groden family lives in northern New Mexico. The family is so far removed from any sense of conventional society that they live almost completely "off the map." With Off the Map, Ackermann constructs a memory play in which Adult Bo Groden reflects back upon one summer of her childhood. During this summer, Young Bo, an eleven-year old girl, lives with her mother and father...

(read more from the Study Guide)