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How I Learned to Drive, presented by UW-Marinette Theatre on the Bay

Paula Vogel's compelling yet poignant work "How I Leaned to Drive" will be presented by Theatre on the Bay on the Nancy Gehrke stage April 5-7 and 12-14. Curtain time in UW-Marinette's Herbert L. Williams Theatre is at 7:30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays and at 2:00 pm on Sundays. Tickets, $12 and $8, go on sale at Angeli Foods in Marinette and Menominee beginning March 15 and one hour before curtain at the box office. "How I Learned to Drive" opened off-Broadway in 1997, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama a year later. Theatre on the Bay's production is directed by Artistic Director and UW-Marinette professor of Communication and Theatre Arts Dr. Rebecca Stone Thornberry. The play tells the story of a woman's journey to understanding her complex relationship to the uncle who molested her as a child and teenager. It contains adult themes and situations and explores an important social issue. Talk-backs with the cast are planned after each performance with a special panel discussion including local specialists on sexual abuse and women's issues after the Sunday April 7 matinee. Molly McFarlane takes the lead role as Li'l Bit, the woman who grew up in rural Maryland in the 1960s with a large, extendedfamily including her mother who became pregnant at a young age; her grandmother, a God-fearing former child-bride; her sexist grandfather; her Uncle Peck (played by John Thornberry) who suffers from combat stress and is a recovering alcoholic; and her Aunt Mary, who is in denial of her husband's behavior. Taking the parts of the male, female and teenage Greek Choruses are Wesley Beyer, Lori Payne-Csaki and Brittany Welch. Li'l Bit's story begins when she is 11 years old and molested by Uncle Peck during a driving lesson. She is too young to understand what happened, and while her mother suspects what happened, she does nothing to protect her daughter. As Li'l bit grows into adolescence, she must deal with the fact that family and classmates value her looks over her intelligence. Although Peck continues to molest her, the relationship is complicated by the fact that he is the one person who is kind to her and supports her wish to go to college. "While 'How I Learned to Drive' deals with complex and serious issues, it is ultimately hopeful," says Stone Thornberry. "Indeed, it contains many wry moments and observations about human nature." Sets, lighting, sound and projections are designed by John Thornberry. Costume design is by Cassandra Ann. Forresta Perkins is the production stage manager.