Beaumont, Lomme, and finally end its journey with a final production at La Verrière in Lille. Marie's other theatrical works include Ecce Homo (1996 ( ), Blanc (2004)), and Kidâme (2005), as well as a novel entitled Le paradis des tortues (2000) and several novellas published predominantly between 2000-2003. Unfortunately, Marie would not be with us for very long: born in 1965 Marie passed away after a long battle with an unnamed illness in 2007 at the young age of 42. In honor of her death,

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... was again produced for a second time in 2009 at the Théâtre du Rond-Point, again with the mise-en-scène of Descorde and the acting talent of Andréotti, Thibault, and new-comer Lara Suyeux re-cast in the role previously played by Marie. CUT goes on to skip through the realms of the sexual, the psychological, the material, the emotional, and the biological, situating itself at a very busy crossroads. The playwriting passes through territories of female experiences such as peeing outside, peeking at your labia in a mirror, climaxing in English class, turning out the lights for sex, buying expensive lingerie to impress flighty Italian lovers, abnegation, gardening, the soul, faking orgasms, genitals, death, God, masturbation, etc., all of which take place in an underground Parisian women's bathroom; another odd choice for such a potent feminist play that closely examines the lived experience of contemporary women. "CUT est effectivement structurée comme un découpage cinématographique. La pièce présente des parts de vie de femmes. On passe de l'une à l'autre. D'une chose à une autre" [CUT is essentially structured like a cinematographic decoupage. The play presents parts of the life of women. We pass from one to the other.