NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel will discuss her career in theater as Vanderbilt’s Chancellor’s Lecture Series presents “A Playwright’s Credo (and a wish-list for the theatre)” on Tuesday, March 11, at 6 p.m. in Ingram Hall at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music. The event is free and open to the public and a reception with Vogel at 5 p.m. in Ingram Lobby precedes the lecture.
Vogel is a professor of creative writing at Brown University. Her play, "How I Learned to Drive", takes a light look at the dark subject of sexual abuse and was awarded the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for drama. "The Los Angeles Times" said Vogel’s “straightforward honesty and unabashed humor offer a remarkably candid view of family dysfunction.”
Her other plays include "The Baltimore Waltz", which won Obie Awards in 1992 for best play, best director (Anne Bogart) and best actor (Cherry Jones); "Hot N Throbbing"; "Desdemona"; "The Mineola Twins"; "Meg; And Baby Makes Seven"; and "The Oldest Profession".
Vogel is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Family Trust and the Guggenheim Foundation. Her plays have twice been commissioned by the Actors Theatre of Louisville and performed in theaters across the country and around the world.
The Chancellor’s Lecture Series is designed to advance and integrate classroom learning at Vanderbilt with broader social issues and concerns and to connect the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities.
Parking for the event is available at the Capers Avenue Garage at the corner of 24th and Capers avenues. For more information about the Chancellor’s Lecture Series, please call 322-4959.
Media contact: Kara Furlong, 615-322-NEWS, kara.c.furlong@vanderbilt.edu