She won the Pulitzer Prize for this play. His previous credits include The Food Chain, Lucia Mad, To Carry the Child, The Square Root of Wonderful, A Strange Disappearance of Bees, Long Way Down, Anatomy of a Hug, and more. Jarrard is a director-in-residence at Collaborative Artists Ensemble. Steve Jarrard helms a cast that includes Kathy Bell Denton, Sophia Gonzales, John Ogden, Sage Porter, Jael Saran, Meg Wallace and Lane Wray. Can they become close without crossing a line?Īs per the original production notes, some casting is done without literal regard for the characters’ ages.
They are both in their way somewhat troubled individuals, and they find some comfort in each other’s company. Lacking a father at home, her uncle Peck steps in to counsel her and teach her things, like how to drive (hence the title). Her intellectual and physical development are both accelerated and she is on her way to becoming a young woman of considerable potential. The play focuses on her progress between the ages of 11 and 18. 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. – Collaborative Artists Ensemble presents Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned to Drive at the Sherry Theater from February 17- March 19.
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