How I Learned (Not) To Drive

A solo show written and performed by Jesse Bradley-Amore. Directed by Padraic Lillis.

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Can a 40-year-old man overcome his fear of the open road and get his driver’s license to save his marriage?

[How I Learned [NOT] To Drive]…a fabulous piece of live theatre…an immensely relatable story of trauma, loneliness, love, and overcoming fear.

Broadway World

We loved having Jesse’s one-man show at Third Space Improv – it was fun, funny, while being touching at the same time. 

Amy Angelilli, Ringleader of Third Space Improv

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About the Writer / Performer: Jesse Bradley-Amore is a writer, cartoonist, and (occasional) improviser based out of Winter Park, FL. His stories have been featured on RISK! and The Volume Knob. His comics have been published in Oyez Review and Action, Spectacle. Under his J. Bradley pen name, he’s the author of Teenage Wasteland: An American Love Story and has fiction in Short Edition dispensers. This is his first solo show.

About the Director: Padraic Lillis is the Founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theater. Padraic was The Humana Visiting Scholar and Artist in Residence at Centre College. As a director Padraic has been awarded: New York Innovative Theatre Outstanding Director, NY International Fringe Festival’s Overall Excellence in directing, Best Short film at the Milan International Film Festival for his film Hand Over Hand which he wrote and directed, and Best Director at United Solo Festival for his work on Adam Linn’s Sped Kid and Adina Taubman’s The Road Back. He directed Douglas Taurel’s The American Soldier, which is touring internationally and was presented at The Kennedy Center. He and Douglas were commissioned by the Library of Congress to develop a show based on the journal of a WWI soldier’s diary to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI. His award-winning film, Get To Eleven, based on his solo show, addresses mental health, suicide ideation, and recovery premiered at The Big Apple Film Festival and aired on PBS. Padraic is a member of the Indie Theater Hall of Fame. His plays are published with Dramatists Play Services. Padraic is the host of The Farm Theater’s Bullpen Sessions podcast. He is a member of the Labyrinth Theater Company and a lifelong Yankee fan.