Good for Otto is an American play by David Rabe.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Good for Otto
Written byDavid Rabe
Date premiered2015
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama
SettingA rural mental health center

Plot edit

Dr. Michaels and fellow counselor Evangeline counsel six patients at a rural mental health center.

Critical reception edit

The Guardian awarded the play three stars out of five, calling it "Intimately staged yet strangely old-fashioned."[6]

The Hollywood Reporter said in a review, "This shapeless play loses rather than gathers steam, ultimately seeming more like a docudrama patchwork with messy stitching than a satisfying, fully realized theatrical work."[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "The New Group". Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  2. ^ Playbill
  3. ^ New York Observer
  4. ^ Green, Jesse (9 March 2018). "Review: In 'Good for Otto,' a Case of Psychiatrist, Shrink Thyself (Published 2018)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-01-26.
  5. ^ Isherwood, Charles (16 November 2015). "Review: David Rabe's 'Good for Otto' Introduces a World of Pain (Published 2015)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16.
  6. ^ a b "Good for Otto review – Ed Harris offers simplistic therapy in David Rabe's drama". The Guardian. 2018-03-09. Archived from the original on 2023-06-08.
  7. ^ a b Rooney, David (March 8, 2018). "'Good for Otto': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter.

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