Theatre--Performance

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of Performing Arts presents the Pulitzer Prize winning play How I Learned To Drive by Paula Vogel. Performances are March 12-15 at 7:30pm and 15-16 at 2:00pm in Fletcher Hall, room 134 on the UL Lafayette campus.

Justin Bates, assistant professor of Acting and Creative Drama at UL Lafayette, is directing this production. Professor Bates has worked as both actor and director in over 20 productions with educational and professional theatres throughout the United States and Canada. Actors for this production include students from the Performing Arts Department at UL-Lafayette as well as members of the community.

Balmy evenings in rural 1950’s Maryland are fraught with danger. Seductions can happen anywhere, from the bank of a river to the front seat of a car, where a young self- conscious girl is learning to drive. To Li’l Bit, the play’s protagonist, the radio is the most important part of the car, but the pop music of the fifties can never quite drown out the harrowing images of her mind.

This play is a wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man. How I Learned To Drive is the story of a woman who learns the rules of the world and life from behind the wheel.

Tickets for How I Learned To Drive are $10.00 for General Admission, $5.00 for UL Lafayette Alumni, Senior Citizens, children and students. UL Lafayette faculty, staff and students with a valid ID are admitted free of charge. Tickets are available at the door one hour prior to each performance. Due to some adult situations the suggested age for admittance is 14 and up. For further information please call the UL Lafayette Department of Performing Arts at 482-6357.