{"product_id":"visiting-edna-good-for-otto-two-plays-9780802126900","title":"Visiting Edna \u0026 Good for Otto: Two Plays","description":"\u003ci\u003eGood for Otto\u003c\/i\u003e, which premiered in October 2015 at the Gift Theatre in Chicago, directed by Michael Patrick Thornton, is an unflinching portrayal of the world of mental illness and therapy. Drawing on material from \u003ci\u003eUndoing Depression\u003c\/i\u003e by Connecticut psychotherapist Richard O'Connor, it is a deeply moving look into the life of a number of patients trying to navigate personal trauma, including a profoundly troubled young girl, and one therapist, Dr. Michaels, who makes great efforts to help them, but is haunted by his own demons, and stymied by the financial obstacles of the American healthcare system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eVisiting Edna\u003c\/i\u003e, which premiered in September 2016 at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, is a stylistically dazzling exploration of the bond between mother and son. As Edna, a woman in the last years of her life, faces a short future plagued by her many illnesses, from diabetes to arthritis to cancer, she maintains the emotional distance she has kept from her son Andrew since he became an adult, and they both struggle to communicate about their shared past as they contemplate the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taken together, the plays form a startling and thought-provoking vision of American society and cement Rabe's place in the upper echelons of the canon of contemporary theater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802126900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"David Rabe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124399702197,"sku":"9780802126900","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e293b9b2-d6b3-47dc-8e4f-017faeb08750.jpg?v=1694551285","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/visiting-edna-good-for-otto-two-plays-9780802126900","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}