Paula Vogel
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Paula Vogel (born 16 November 1951, in Washington, D.C. to a Jewish father and a Christian mother) is an American playwright and university professor.
She is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned To Drive, which deals with child sexual abuse and incest. The Baltimore Waltz won the Obie award for Best Play in 1992 and her anthology, The Baltimore Waltz and Other Plays, has been published by TCG. Other plays include Hot 'N Throbbing, Desdemona, And Baby Makes Seven, The Mineola Twins, and The Oldest Profession.
A renowned teacher of playwriting, Vogel counts among her former students Bridget Carpenter, Daniel Sullivan, MacArthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz. She is currently the Adele Kellenberg Seaver Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University. Paula Vogel is an alumna of The Catholic University of America and Cornell University.
[edit] Plays by Paula Vogel
- Swan Song of Sir Henry (1974)
- Meg (1977) -- not to be confused with the film of the same name
- Apple-Brown Betty (1979)
- Desdemona, A Play about a Handkerchief (1979)
- Bertha in Blue (1981)
- The Oldest Profession (1981)
- And Baby Makes Seven (1986)
- The Baltimore Waltz (1992)
- Hot 'N Throbbing (1992)
- The Mineola Twins (1996)
- How I Learned To Drive (1997)
- The Long Christmas Ride Home (2004)
[edit] External links
- Paula Vogel - Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org
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