Reviewed and Recorded by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move
Confronting your past can be disturbing…
Especially when the person you loved most and who you shared your most cherished childhood memories with, was the same person sexually abusing you.
Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a memory play that uses the metaphor of driving to deal with the issues of #pedophelia, incest and #misogyny as it also explores the ideas of control and manipulation – ideas that today, have also been re-labeled as “grooming”. @GiaMedia3 #theater #theatre #NOHO #review #CollaborativeArtistsEnsemble
Written by Paula Vogel
Directed by Steve Jarrard
Presented by Collaborative Artists Ensemble
The company: KATHY BELL DENTON, SOPHIA GONZALES, JOHN OGDEN, SAGE PORTER, JAEL SARAN, MEG WALLACE and MARK McCLAIN WILSON
Venue: The Sherry Theatre, 11052 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
WHEN: February 17- March 19, 2023. Fri. & Sat. at 8:00, Sun. at 7:00.
ADMISSION: $30. Seniors and students with I.D., $20.
RESERVATIONS: (323) 860-6569.
ONLINE TICKETING: howilearnedtodrive.brownpapertickets.com
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 40 minutes. No intermission.
CONSUMER ADVISORY: Mature themes. Suggested for audiences age 13 to Adult.
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE is the story of Li’l Bit, and playwright Paula Vogel 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 11 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). But that’s not all.
Photo by Mike Casey: Meg Wallace and Lane Wray.
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