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The Mineola Twins was written by Paula Vogel the play is described by http://newdramatists.org/paula_vogel.htm as a Two-Act Comedy with Multi-environment Set and is about almost-identical sisters Myrna and Myra battle each other through the Eisenhower, Nixon, and Reagan-Bush years, and through crushes on James Dean to Patricia Ireland. The play takes place in the real life town of Mineola which is on New York’s Long Island. It is follows the lives of two sister who, to say the least, are polar opposites. Myra is the rebel with out a cause the girl who hates that the double standard of men towards women, while her twin sister Myrna is looking forward to being a house wife and is looks forward to doing what ever it takes to make her husband happy. In an interview with Allison Moody of Drake university said was quoted as saying, “The underlying theme throughout the production is, regardless of how far the twins part, there is always a connection that binds them together…Vogel is making a statement about life in American politi