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A love story-but he is an adult, and she is a child

Cleveland-Direct from an extended offBroadway run, lesbian playwright Paula Vogel's 1998 Pulitzer Prize winning play How I Learned to Drive will have its Cleveland premiere at Dobama Theatre September 18 to October 11.

Set in rural southern Maryland, the one-act play tells the story of a complex incestuous relationship between a young girl, Li'l Bit (Laura Perrotta), and an older man, her Uncle Peck (David Hoffman). While the subject matter is harrowing, particularly to women who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse, the play takes a path that is at times wildly funny as Li'l Bit journeys through the memories of her past.

Li'l Bit's decision to voyage into the recesses of her mind releases a flood of conflicting feelings, images and charactersamong them, her family, in which conversations veer consistently to sex, where female intellectualism is choked, and sensibility and sensitivity constantly trampled. Foremost in this world is her Uncle Peck, a man fighting his own demons and struggling to find peace.

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writes: "This is a story of hidden sexual abuse in a world where the innocence of childhood is worshipped, desired and violated. It is also a love story." How I Learned to Drive opens Friday,

Paula Vogel

To Li'l Bit, it seems as if he is the only person who understands her intelligence and ideas, and her spirit, which is reaching out for beauty, calmness and compassionate love. Like her, Peck searches for a human connection that will transcend the sordidness of what Li'l Bit calls their "cracker background."

But the reality is, he is an adult, and she is a child. The play will no doubt be controversial, since, as director Sonya Robbins

September 18 at 8 pm. Performances continue Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 pm, and Sunday September 20 at 7:30 pm and Sunday September 27, October 4 and 11 at 2:30 pm. A special cast talk-back has been set for Sunday, September 20 following the 8 pm performance.

Dobama Theatre is located at 1846 Coventry Rd. in Cleveland Heights. Call 216932-6838 for ticket information. ✓

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