{"product_id":"how-i-learned-to-drive-stand-alone-tcg-edition-9781559365642","title":"How I Learned to Drive (Stand-Alone TCG Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"As I try to come to grips with the lack of control I have in terms of my own visibility and commercial success within the American Theater, I remain convinced that I have control in terms of how I see my identity. \u003cem\u003eHow I Learned to Drive \u003c\/em\u003egave me that gift. It felt as if the play was rewriting me, and I will always remember the sensation of lightness I had in the middle of the night as I wrote it. This is the gift of theater and of writing: a transubstantiation of pain and secrecy into light, into community, into understanding if not acceptance.\" -- Paula Vogel, from her Preface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/strong\u003e, Paula Vogel's \u003cem\u003eHow I Learned to Drive \u003c\/em\u003eis widely recognized as a masterpiece of contemporary drama. It is published here for the first time as a stand-alone edition. Paula Vogel is the author of \u003cem\u003eIndecent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Baltimore Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Christmas Ride Home\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDon Juan Comes Home from Iraq \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eA Civil War Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e, among many other plays. She has held a distinguished career as a teacher and mentor to young playwrights, first at Brown University and then at the Yale School of Drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaula Vogel is an American playwright and university professor. She received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play \u003ci\u003eHow I Learned to Drive\u003c\/i\u003e and the Award for Literature from The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2004. Vogel was Chair of the playwriting department at the Yale School of Drama.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50634878943506,"sku":"9781559365642","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2887036d-dd74-4b6c-b15c-b1e42bec1ded.jpg?v=1732823994","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-i-learned-to-drive-stand-alone-tcg-edition-9781559365642","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}