How I Learned to Drive Extended Off-Broadway

By Kenneth Jones
22 Feb 2012

Elizabeth Reaser and Norbert Leo Butz
Elizabeth Reaser and Norbert Leo Butz
Photo by Joan Marcus

The Second Stage Theatre revival of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive will get an extra week, now to March 18, the not-for-profit Off-Broadway company announced.

Two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Emmy Award nominee Elizabeth Reaser star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of a girl's coming of age.

Kate Whoriskey directs the well-reviewed production, which opened Feb. 13. How I Learned to Drive also features Kevin Cahoon (The Wedding Singer, The Foreigner), Jennifer Regan (Born Yesterday) and Marnie Schulenburg (24-Hour Musicals).

The play "explores the complex relationship between Li'l Bit (Reaser) and her Uncle Peck (Butz), as a series of driving lessons progresses from innocence to something much darker," according to Second Stage. "Told with surprising wit, Paula Vogel's acclaimed play has returned to New York City for the first time since its world premiere 15 years ago."



For tickets or more information, visit www.2ST.com.