Last season, The Studio Theatre drew record audiences for its Neil LaBute Festival, a three-play celebration that featured as its centerpiece a smash-hit production of Fat Pig. Now, in 2006-2007, The Studio Theatre continues its ongoing relationship with this major American playwright. In This Is How It Goes, LaBute once again goes for the jugular, taking on the taboos and exposing the unspoken truths of contemporary American life.

One snowy Christmas Eve in Washington, DC, three children and their parents take an ill-fated ride to grandmother's house. To tell their story, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel blends elements of Noh theatre and Bunraku with her own distinctively American voice.