How I Learned
To Driveby Paula Vogel, directed by Wendy Overly
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"So very powerful, it cannot be missed." -The Providence Journal
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HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
BY PAULA VOGEL | DIRECTED BY WENDY OVERLY
A wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man. Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this 20th anniversary production of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE directed by Wendy Overly (THE FLICK) comes in the shadow of the #MeToo movement, bringing audiences the incredibly moving story of a woman who learns the rules of the road, and life, from behind the wheel.
RAVE REVIEWS FOR THE WILBURY PRODUCTION OF HOW LEARNED TO DRIVE
"In 90 minutes with no intermission, How I Learned to Drive is a 20 year old work of art that is more important and vital than ever.....At the Wilbury Group, director Wendy Overly has captured all of this with power and care. In the theater’s high-ceilinged wonderfully interesting playing space she has brought the play’s never quite clear situation to first-rate work." - Rhode Island Public Radio
"In addition to being the 20th anniversary of Vogel’s receipt of the Pulitzer Prize for the piece, the timing as Wilbury’s season opener is perfect with the #MeToo Movement and Catholic Church sexual abuse controversy....How I Learned to Drive begins the season on such a high note that everything else will be compared to it. The message, the delivery, the feeling it imparts is so very sad, but so very powerful, it cannot be missed." -The Providence Journal
"At times deeply troubling and all too familiar, How I Learned to Drive is by no means a “feel good” production, but is in many respects a necessary one. The Wilbury Group has boldly chosen a show that will make audiences uncomfortable, but also facilitates important discussions about systems of power and oppression, and the ways in which people can be taken advantage of by those they trust the most." - Rhode Island Travel
"For a funny as well as dramatic show, be sure to catch “How I Learned to Drive” at Wilbury Theatre Group. It is a very well acted and directed show in this time of the #Me Too movement as tackles such a serious situation with humor and pathos to it." - Theater Mirror
"Powerful theater that will make you think of control, power, and manipulation....If ever there was a production that craved time to sit and reflect, The Wilbury Theater Group’s How I Learned to Drive is it." -Motif Magazine
BY PAULA VOGEL | DIRECTED BY WENDY OVERLY
A wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man. Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this 20th anniversary production of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE directed by Wendy Overly (THE FLICK) comes in the shadow of the #MeToo movement, bringing audiences the incredibly moving story of a woman who learns the rules of the road, and life, from behind the wheel.
RAVE REVIEWS FOR THE WILBURY PRODUCTION OF HOW LEARNED TO DRIVE
"In 90 minutes with no intermission, How I Learned to Drive is a 20 year old work of art that is more important and vital than ever.....At the Wilbury Group, director Wendy Overly has captured all of this with power and care. In the theater’s high-ceilinged wonderfully interesting playing space she has brought the play’s never quite clear situation to first-rate work." - Rhode Island Public Radio
"In addition to being the 20th anniversary of Vogel’s receipt of the Pulitzer Prize for the piece, the timing as Wilbury’s season opener is perfect with the #MeToo Movement and Catholic Church sexual abuse controversy....How I Learned to Drive begins the season on such a high note that everything else will be compared to it. The message, the delivery, the feeling it imparts is so very sad, but so very powerful, it cannot be missed." -The Providence Journal
"At times deeply troubling and all too familiar, How I Learned to Drive is by no means a “feel good” production, but is in many respects a necessary one. The Wilbury Group has boldly chosen a show that will make audiences uncomfortable, but also facilitates important discussions about systems of power and oppression, and the ways in which people can be taken advantage of by those they trust the most." - Rhode Island Travel
"For a funny as well as dramatic show, be sure to catch “How I Learned to Drive” at Wilbury Theatre Group. It is a very well acted and directed show in this time of the #Me Too movement as tackles such a serious situation with humor and pathos to it." - Theater Mirror
"Powerful theater that will make you think of control, power, and manipulation....If ever there was a production that craved time to sit and reflect, The Wilbury Theater Group’s How I Learned to Drive is it." -Motif Magazine
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
CAST
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CREATIVE TEAMHOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
by Paula Vogel Directed by Wendy Overly Costume Design by Meg Donnelly Scenic Design by Monica Shinn Sound & Light Design by Andy Russ Technical Direction by Max Ponticelli Stage Management by Emily Varden Production photos by Erin X. Smithers Poster design by Keri King |
*actor appears courtesy Actors Equity Association
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