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If you see Mare Winningham in a coat onstage, youre probably going to mist up.

Its just one of those rules of Off Broadway theater.
A curtain doubles as the draping over a Virgin Mary.
A drum doubles as a bus drivers wheel.
An accordion even provides the ominous rasp of breathing after Alfie is attacked.
This is a production composed of small parts, one after another, each building into something bigger.
A Man of No Importanceis at Classic Stage Company through December 18.