#3.2 Queer Caretaker, Paula Vogel

Thesis on Joan

We are thrilled to welcome the legendary Paula Vogel as our first guest on Season Three! We talk about the revival of How I Learned to Drive currently making its Broadway debut at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Friedman Theatre as well as other highlights from Paula’s incredible career. We talk gender collision, theater-viewing as obligation, the inspiring next generation of playwrights and theatermakers, subverting dangerous myths about queers through theater, reinventing Paula’s theatrical catalogue, how Harrow followed in Paula’s footsteps, and increasing access to plays by BIPOC and queer writers through the virtual archive Bard at the Gate. Additionally, Paula gives us a ton of ways to support queer youth in Texas and Florida and wants your ideas on how else to create safe spaces. Stay tuned after the credits for very special surprise guests.

Paula Vogel: Website | Twitter

Paula Vogel’s Reading List

• Bard at the Gate
• Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling’s Writing
• Charlie Francis Chan Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery by Lloyd Suh
• Unmerciful Good Fortune by Eddie Sanchez
• The Drag by Mae West
• Philip Kan Gotanda
• Naomi Iizuka
• The Country Wife by William Wycherly
• Do a Paula Vogel Bake-Off!

Queer Culture Recs:

• Cheryl Wheeler- Music / Concert Dates
• Bush Tetras - Snakes Crawl / You Taste Like the Tropics

Queer Gives:

• Donate to Bard at the Gate
• Gay Pride Orlando - October 15, 2022
• Equality Florida
• TENT- Transgender Education Network of Texas

Episode Credits:

• Edited by Meghan Dixon

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