![]() I just fear it is going to stick with me forever, and that might be a little too much for me to handle. It's tough to listen to, it's not really entertaining so much as overwhelming, but it will move you. ![]() Theatre Works has gifted us myriad plays on audio, and this is one of their finest productions. ![]() Their turns as Li'l Bit and Uncle Peck are as excruciating as they are moving (and we don't even get to see them onstage we only get to hear them and project their actions in our mind). No matter what they have done or have had done to them, it seems pretty clear that Vogel cares about her characters (even if she can't like them), and that care is conveyed perfectly in the performances of Glenn Headly and Randall Arney. The subject matters - generational sexual abuse, the aftermath of war, the ugly power of enablement - are daunting at the best of times, but they are particularly difficult in Paula Vogel's brilliant drama because she comes at them with such empathy, such humour, and an unrelenting need to undermine her audience's expectations. How I Learned to Drive, Paula Vogel ’s family album of a play, holds some dark secrets that are revealed with progressively vivid flashbacks and acted with a disturbing sense of keyhole. How I Learned to Drive is not an easy play. ![]()
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