The Long Christmas Ride Home

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“Brilliant . . . even more ambitious than Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive . . . it covers more ground and is bolder in its storytelling. Vogel’s language is at its most poetic, eloquent and elegiac. In reality, its vivid imagery rivals the prose style of any great American short story creator. The play sounds love it might have been adapted from a beautiful, undiscovered novella.”—New Haven Register

“Some of the absorbing evenings of theatre to come along in some time.”—Variety

Past and present collide on a snowy Christmas Eve for a troubled circle of relatives of five. Humorous and heart-wrenching, this beautifully written play proves that magic can also be found in the most simple breaths of life. Combining the elements of No theatre and Bunraku with latest Western sensibilities, Vogel’s Ride is a mesmerizing homage to the works of Thornton Wilder, including Our Town. A moving and memorable study of the American circle of relatives careening near the edge of oblivion.

Paula Vogel’s plays include The Baltimore Waltz, Mineola Twins, Hot ‘n’ Throbbing, Desdemona, And Baby Makes Seven, among others. Ms. Vogel would be the resident playwright throughout the Signature Theatre’s 2004–05 season dedicated to her works. She has taught at Brown University in the MFA playwriting program since 1985.



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