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Unacceptable yet Common

When a playwright trusts the audience, it can result in a truly powerful night at the theatre. Paula Vogel trusts you with “How I Learned to Drive.”

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Artifacts of Personal History

The Paul Green Theatre is a special place. And director Lee Sunday Evans has found it to be down right inspiration for her vision of “How I Learned to Drive.”

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Dramaturgy

To Tell a Secret, to Teach a Lesson

Paula Vogel’s “How I Learned to Drive” is one of the most important plays of the last 50 years and takes on the patriarchy in a unique and unflinching manner.

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The World of Galileo: Playing with Props

With the help for Propsmaster Andrea Bullock, Vivienne Benesch and Jim Findlay have dreamed up a world where where the past is constantly flowing in and out of the present.

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Behind the Scenes

A Closer Look at Costumes

Does our production of “Life of Galileo” have you feeling curious? Take a closer look inside PlayMakers’ costume shop to learn the ins and outs of preparing for a show!

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Galileo Valentines

Happy Valentine’s Day from ‘Life of Galileo!” We’ve discovered over some stellar puns, just for you. Pass ’em around!

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Big Bad Brecht

Bertolt’s Brecht’s ‘Verfremdung’ isn’t so scary. It merely aims to be “That which makes the strange familiar, and the familiar strange.”

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The Enduring Lesson of ‘How I Learned to Drive’

For over 20 years, playwright Paula Vogel’s 1997 story of “How I Learned to Drive” has been striking a chord with audiences across the globe.

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Encapsulating History with Galileo

Director Vivienne Benesch takes a bold move toward mixing the past, present, and future in PlayMakers’ “Life of Galileo.”