"The scrambled chronology, which suggests the ways memories attack by stealth and out of sequence, makes it harder for the audience to form conventional judgments. More surprisingly, it clarifies the patterns in the relationship between niece and uncle: of degrees of responsibility, feelings of guilt and shifts in power. Ms. Vogel is too intelligent to present this simply as a study in victim versus villain or to fail to acknowledge that what's happening is, in some appalling way, a real love story." Brantley, in his The New York Times'' review of the 2012 Second Stage production, wrote: "It is a performance that captures Ms. Vogel's remarkable, clear-eyed empathy in portraying the incalculable damage done by damaged people". Awards and nominations The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1998) Off-Broadway Lucille Lortel Awards (1997) Outstanding Play Outstanding Director (Mark Brokaw) Outstanding Actress (Mary-Louise Parker) Outstanding Actor (David Morse) Drama Desk Awards (1997) Outstanding Play Outstanding Actor in a Play Outstanding Director of a Play Obie Award (1996–1997) Performance, David Morse Performance, Mary-Louise Parker Direction Playwrighting Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Off-Broadway Play New York Drama Critics Award Best Play Tony Award (2022) Best Revival of a Play Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (David Morse) Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Mary-Louise Parker) Drama Desk Awards (2022) Outstanding Revival of a Play Source: Notes References External links How I Learned to Drive Internet Off-Broadway Database The Boston Phoenix interview, May 1998 SET Groups Performance of "How I Learned to Drive", June 2010 Fiction set in the 1960s 1997 plays Obie Award-winning plays Plays by Paula Vogel Plays set in Maryland Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning works Child sexual abuse in fiction