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'How I Learned To Drive' At UIS

The theater department at University of Illinois Springfield is known for putting on thought-provoking and modern plays. The one premiering this weekend is no exception, called 'How I Learned to Drive' it follows the tale of a woman looking back at her adolescence, a time wrought with some pretty heavy issues. Rachel Otwell recently spoke with the director, Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson and actor and co-dramaturg Christina Craig:
 
'How I Learned to Drive' opens at UIS on Friday, April 11th, and runs through the 19th. For more information click here.

Rachel Otwell of the Illinois Times is a former NPR Illinois reporter.
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