"How I Learned to Drive" by Paula Vogel | S16.E013

About this episode

The episode discusses Paula Vogel's play 'How I Learned to Drive', exploring its themes and theatrical elements.

This season's Themed Month, Paula Vogel Month, wraps up with her most famous play. The incomparable "How I Learned to Drive" is a haunting, hilarious piece of theatre. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob revisit its whirling theatricality and specificity. ------------------------------ Please enjoy these other conversations on "How I Learned to Drive": Playwright Sarah Ruhl's essay on the play: https://www.3viewstheater.com/views/how-i-learned-from-how-i-learned-to-drive Paula Vogel's essay on the play for American Theatre: https://playmakersrep.org/enduring-lesson-learned-drive/ Vogel's video essay when the Broadway run was cancelled due to Covid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEGTp8542LE Interviews with the Second Stage cast: https://www.broadway.com/videos/153901/beyond-broadway-how-i-learned-to-drive/ Cleveland Play House Artistic Director Laura Kepley on the play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEb5KIYg5_E ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jackson, Jacob

Topics covered

• theatre
• play analysis
• Paula Vogel
• How I Learned to Drive
• theatricality
• character exploration

Keywords

• Paula Vogel
• How I Learned to Drive
• theatre
• playwright
• Sarah Ruhl
• theatricality
• character analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Broadway

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