VISITING EDNA

Good for Otto, which premiered in October 2015 at the Gift Theatre in Chicago, directed by Michael Patrick Thornton, is an unflinchi ng portrayal of the world of mental illness and therapy. Drawing on material from Undoing Depression by Connecticut psychotherapist Richard OConnor, it is a deeply moving look into the life of a number of patients trying to navigate personal trauma, including a p rofoundly troubled young girl, and one therapist, Dr. Michaels, who makes great efforts to help them, but is haunted by his own demo ns, and st...[Read more]