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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Unacceptable yet Common
Unscripted
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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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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.
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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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.”
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.”