"A brilliantly performed play, director Steve Jarrard
reveals dark family secrets that should have died along with the
memories."Angela Gomez www.socal.com
How I Learned To Drive by Paula Vogel
"A gripping play that exposes a taboo subject that has been living in the shadows for too long, ‘How I Learned to Drive’ is a highly recommended
play to see this spring."
“How
I Learned To Drive” is the story of Li’l Bit, and playwright PaulaVogel
has created in her one of the richest and most appealing female
protagonists in contemporary literature. The play focuses on her
progress between the ages of 13 and 18. Her intellectual and physical
development are both accelerated and she is on her way to becoming a
young woman of considerable potential. Lacking a father at home, her
uncle Peck steps in to counsel her and teach her things, like how to
drive (hence the title). They are both in their way somewhat troubled
individuals, and they find some comfort in each other’s company. Can
they become close without crossing a line?
Steve
Jarrard, who previously directed “The Food Chain” for Collaborative
Artists Ensemble, helms the cast of “How I Learned To Drive.”
Paula
Vogel won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize and the Lortel, Drama Desk, Obie,
Outer Critics Circle , and New York Drama Critics Awards for this play.
It appears in the anthology “The Mammary Plays,” published by Theatre
Communications Group. Her other plays include “The Baltimore Waltz,”
‘Hot n’ Throbbing,” “And Baby Makes Seven,” “The Oldest Profession,”
“Civil War Christmas,” and many more.
