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What is Visiting Edna ; and, Good for Otto : two plays about?

Two plays exploring the struggle of mental illness by the Tony Award–winning "giant of American theater" and author of Hurlyburly ( Chicago Tribune ). Good for Otto , which premiered in October 2015 at the Gift Theatre in Chicago, is a "sprawling drama of mental illness" in which "Mr. Rabe digs into his subject with a depth that almost feels bottomless." Drawing on material from Undoing Depression by psychotherapist Richard O'Connor, it explores the lives of a therapist and his many patients, all trying to navigate personal trauma (Charles Isherwood, The New York Times ). Visiting Edna , which premiered in September 2016 at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, is a drama of "deeply searing power" 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 ( Variety ). Taken together, the plays offer a satisfying glimpse into "Rabe's theatrical universe . . . at once vivid and mysterious, a pageant and a puzzle" of contemporary American life (John Lahr, The New Yorker ). "Many wou

Who reads Visiting Edna ; and, Good for Otto : two plays?

Author

David Rabe

Publisher

Grove Atlantic

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802189608

Category

performing arts

Subjects

Drama, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

5 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14