Here’s what our Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch is up to while directing in D.C.
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In the Driver’s Seat
Whom to tell and how to tell it. What Li’l Bit’s story of reclamation in “How I Learned to Drive” can tell us about being survivors.
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Relevance and Time
Decades after it won the Pulitzer Prize for drama, Paula Vogel’s masterpiece, “How I Learned to Drive,” hits even harder than it ever did before.
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“The group helps each individual survivor enlarge her story, releasing her from her isolation and readmitting the fullness of the larger world from which she has been alienated.”
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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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Galileo Valentines
Happy Valentine’s Day from ‘Life of Galileo!” We’ve discovered over some stellar puns, just for you. Pass ’em around!
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.”
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“Theatre is a demonstration of the terms of our well being and is therefore valuable for the purpose of exposing wounds which have remained unhealed.”