The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of How I Learned to Drive is as concerned about telling the story of Indecent as using the play as a vehicle to demonstrate the value of theatre and art. Audiences are responding in kind.

Thrilling to see @IndecentBway again! Brimming with music, dance, & deep emotions. Entertains while reminding us why #ArtMatters. Go see it! pic.twitter.com/ap1wSHHgSW

— 24/6: Jewish Theater (@246Theater) May 24, 2017

Hey people u REALLY don't want to miss @IndecentBway It a stunning piece of theater by one of our national treasures @VogelPaula #ArtMatters https://t.co/KSvKZhj7ER

— Judy Kuhn (@JudyKuhn1) May 25, 2017

Thank you @VogelPaula & @IndecentBway for showing us why Yiddish culture & #artmatters. A triumphant, beautiful tribute to Yiddish theater.

— Miranda Cooper(berg) (@adina_chava) May 21, 2017

Saw @IndecentBway last night. Wept. It is so, so good. Thank you for reminding me that #ArtMatters, @VogelPaula @KatrinaLenk Adina Verson&Co https://t.co/ocVNVu3QZU

— Anna Wahrman (@wahrman) May 14, 2017

“You feel that every audience member is joining you,” says Vogel of the movement she has propelled through her work. “You feel every actor onstage is passionate about something you thought you only cared about.”

Vogel is not only an award-winning playwright, she is a teacher of playwrights. “I try to support them and say: 'Be fearless,'” says Vogel of the lesson she hopes she imparts to all her students. And her former student, Lynn Nottage, is also her fellow Tony nominee. “I told one of my producers that if Lynn Nottage got a Tony nomination that I felt like I had a double chance of winning, and my producer said, ‘Oh that’s nice for you.’” she laughs. Watch the full interview in the video above.