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.

She is best known for her Pulitzer Prize winning play How I Learned To Drive, which deals with child sexual abuse and incest. She graduated from The Catholic University of America in 1974. She is currently the Adele Kellenberg Seaver Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University.

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.

[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