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When identical twin brothers are both named Otto, how's a mother supposed to keep them straight? This dark, funny and moving new play by Edward Albee takes sibling rivalry to existential heights.
When identical twin brothers are both named Otto, how's a mother supposed to keep them straight? This dark, funny and moving new play by Edward Albee takes sibling rivalry to existential heights.
What Is the Story of Me, Myself & I?
Me, Myself & I centers on a dysfunctional family consisting of Mother and her 28-year-old identical twin sons, OTTO and otto. The threesome are suffering from an existential crisis that finds Mother unable to tell her boys apart, a belligerent OTTO claiming that his twin brother doesn’t exist, and otto feeling insecure about introducing his girlfriend, Maureen, to his addled mom. Also in the picture is a character referred to only as Doctor, who has been living with Mother since the disappearance of her husband just after the twins’ birth.
