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Drawing on material from Undoing Depression by psychotherapist Richard O'Connor, Good for Otto explores the lives of a therapist and his many patients, all trying to navigate personal trauma.
Visiting Edna, which premiered in September 2016 at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, is a drama about the bond between mother and son. As Edna faces a short future plagued by her many illnesses-and a cancer that looms so large it becomes another character-she and her adult son struggle to communicate about their shared past as they contemplate the future.
Visiting Edna, which premiered in September 2016 at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, is a drama about the bond between mother and son. As Edna faces a short future plagued by her many illnesses-and a cancer that looms so large it becomes another character-she and her adult son struggle to communicate about their shared past as they contemplate the future.
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"Rabe's moving drama [has] a symphonic quality . . . As exciting as it can be to discover fresh new voices, it can be just as heartening to see a veteran playwright return to powerful form, as Mr. Rabe unquestionably does in this sprawling drama about mental illness . . . Mr. Rabe digs into his subject with a depth that almost feels bottomless . . . The play's near-epic nature is integral to its s
Charles Isherwood, The New York Times, on Good for Otto
"[Rabe's] bemused characters glimpse only the barest outline of what one of them calls 'the unrelenting havoc' in which they flounder . . . Rabe . . . has produced a wide-ranging body of distinguished drama . . . Rabe's daringly stylized dramas hover in the realms between the natural and the metaphorical."
John Lahr, The New Yorker
"Remarkable . . . The great American writer David Rabe . . . [is] justly one of the most revered American dramatic writers of the 20th century, and a writer who has, at the age of 75, now penned as comprehensive, heartfelt and even-handed a theatrical look at the issues surrounding mental illness in America as you ever are likely to see . . . [A] thoroughly wonderful play . . . Rabe is a humanist
Chicago Tribune, on Good for Otto