The Other Place is a play by American playwright Sharr White. The play premiered Off-Broadway in 2011 and then ran on Broadway.
Productions The Other Place had its world premiere Off-Broadway in an MCC Theater production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on March 28, 2011, in a limited run that ended May 1, 2011. Directed by Joe Mantello, the cast starred Laurie Metcalf and Dennis Boutsikaris.Hetrick, Adam. " 'The Other Place', Starring Laurie Metcalf, Opens Off-Broadway March 28" playbill.com, March 28, 2011 Hetrick, Adam. "MCC Theater Extends 'The Other Place', Featuring Laurie Metcalf, to May" playbill.com, April 4, 2011
The play then had its West Coast premiere at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, California on September 12, 2012, in a limited run that ended October 14, 2012. Directed by Loretta Greco, the cast starred Henny Russell (as Juliana Smithton) and Donald Sage Mackay, with Carrie Paff, and Patrick Russell.Rickwald, Bethany. "Henny Russell to Star in Magic Theatre's West Coast Premiere of 'The Other Place'" theatermania.com, August 31, 2012
The play had its Broadway premiere in a Manhattan Theatre Club production at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on January 10, 2013 and closed on March 3, 2013 after 34 previews and 61 performances.Jones, Kenneth. "Broadway Run of Sharr White's 'The Other Place' Ends March 3" playbill.com, March 3, 2013 The cast starred Laurie Metcalf and Daniel Stern, and was directed by Joe Mantello.The Other Place Playbill Vault
The Other Place received two Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play and Outstanding Actress In A Play (Laurie Metcalf).Gans, Andrew. "Outer Critics Circle Nominees Include 'Sister Act', 'Anything Goes', 'Book of Mormon'" playbill.com, April 26, 2011 Laurie Metcalf won an Obie Award, Performance.Gans, Andrew. " 'Chad Deity, Ethan Hawke, Laurie Metcalf, Thomas Sadoski, Charlayne Woodard Win Obie Awards" playbill.com, May 16, 2011 Metcalf was nominated for the 2013 Tony Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play. Gans, Andrew. "Nominations Announced for 67th Annual Tony Awards; 'Kinky Boots' Earns 13 Nominations" playbill.com, April 30, 2013
It was presented at Central Square Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts in September 2013." 'Other Place' offers mystery concealed by maybes" by Jeffrey Gantz, The Boston Globe, September 18, 2013
The Other Place had its southeast regional premiere at Carolina Actors Studio Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 9, 2014.Perry Tannenbaum, Theater review: The Other Place offers a mystery in St. Thomas, Creative Loafing Charlotte, January 14, 2014
Plot summary Juliana is fifty two years old and a brilliant drug-company scientist. She is giving a speech to a neurological convention. As she speaks we cut away to scenes with her doctor, phone calls from her estranged daughter, and arguments with her husband who may or may not be divorcing her. Through it all she constantly refers to "the other place", a cottage on Cape Cod that the family once owned, and a place where Juliana feels she may reunite with her missing daughter and find some peace of mind. Juliana becomes argumentative with everyone around her and appears increasingly confused. The phone calls from the missing daughter may be a delusion. Juliana believes that she has a brain tumor and says that her mother and other relatives all died of brain tumors at an early age.
Eventually Juliana actually visits the other place and encounters the current owner whom she mistakenly believes to be her daughter. The woman is initially hostile and has problems of her own. But soon the two women find mutual comfort as Juliana's husband arrives to take her home. In a poignant closing monologue she finally confronts what is really going on.Who Do You Think You Are, Anyway? Theatre Review by Charles Isherwood New York Times, January 10, 2013
Awards and nominations Original Off-Broadway production Year Award Category Nominee Result 2011 Obie Award Distinguished Performance by an Actress Laurie Metcalf Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding New Broadway Play Outstanding Actress in a Play Laurie Metcalf
Original Broadway production Year Award Category Nominee Result 2013 Tony Award Best Actress in a Play Laurie Metcalf
References
External links
The Other Place at Off-Broadway Internet Database