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Driving Miss Daisy is a very well known yet controversial play and movie. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1988 and the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1990. The play is about Daisy, an elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta, who is determined to maintain her independence. When she crashes her car, however, her son Boolie arranges for her to have a chauffeur, an African-American driver named Hoke. Daisy and Hoke's relationship gets off to a rocky start, but they gradually form a close friendship over the years, one that transcends racial prejudices and social conventions.
Directors: Al Korobkin and Katie Keller are veterans of Theater World, having directed and acted in numerous plays and musicals at Osher over the last several years. Most recently, Al appeared as a young Jewish businessman in Osher's production of Visiting Mister Green, while Katie directed and starred as the deceased first wife in Osher's production of Noel Coward's ghostly comedy Blithe Spirit.
Coordinators: Jeff Earnest and Marcia Wyrtzen