Photo Flash: First Look at HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE at Two Muses Theatre

In April, Two Muses Theatre will continue its fifth season at its new space, shared with the Monster Box Theatre, in Waterford. Two Muses Theatre had to relocate in December 2015, following the closing of its original home inside the West Bloomfield Barnes & Noble. Two Muses is opening in the new location with Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, April 1-17. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

Set in the 1960s, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE is a memory play in which Li'l Bit (Dani Cochrane of Detroit) is the ambivalent and wry narrator of her own memories. In flashbacks of her teenage years, she recounts her inappropriate relationship with her Uncle Peck (Dennis North of Grosse Pointe Farms) that includes taking driving lessons from him. Her stories are told with a remarkable lightness and humor given the subject matter and are illustrated with the help of the ancient convention of the Greek chorus, with Melissa Beckwith (Ferndale), Sarah Burcon (Ann Arbor) and Amy Morrisey (Northville) playing various members of her dysfunctional family and circle of friends. Ultimately, it's an uplifting story of survival and healing although this play is for mature audiences only.

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE opened in New York in February 1997 and ran off-Broadway for 14 months. In addition to winning the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Paula Vogel's play also won an Obie, a Drama Desk Award and a New York Drama Critics' Award.

Performances run for three weekends, April 1 through April 17. General admission tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for students and senior citizens (62+) in advance. All tickets are $2 more at the door. Discounted advance tickets are available up to four hours before the performance and may be purchased online at www.TwoMusesTheatre.org or by phone at (248) 850-9919 during box office hours, Monday through Saturday from 10 am-5 pm. Tickets may also be purchased in person one hour prior to each performance. Two Muses Theatre is now located at 2529 Elizabeth Lake Road in Waterford, where it shares the space with Monster Box Theatre.

The cast of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE at Two Muses Theatre

The cast of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE at Two Muses Theatre

The cast of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE at Two Muses Theatre

The cast of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE at Two Muses Theatre

The cast of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE at Two Muses Theatre

The cast of HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE at Two Muses Theatre