Bridging the gap with empathy and compassion.
After suffering a major loss while on a cross-country bike trip, 21-year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91-year-old grandmother Vera in her rent-controlled Greenwich Village apartment. Over the course of a single month, these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately find each other. Finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
4000 Miles is a play for anyone who’s ever felt stuck. Anyone who’s been lonely, even for a time. Anyone who has despaired, or wished to reach out and connect with someone, but struggled to do so. Anyone who’s been old and anyone who’s been young. It is a profoundly complex and compassionate look at two somewhat lost people and the moments in which they find each other, even across the enormity of a multi-generational divide. And it may be one of the wisest plays I’ve encountered in a long time.
David Kennedy
Director
“Altogether wonderful drama…”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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See ticketing discounts“It’s a small story about a big idea: the power of compassion to heal, and by the time the play has concluded, your own capacity for empathy has been stirred, and perhaps even enriched.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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This production of 4000 Miles is sponsored by Eunice & David Bigelow Foundation.
Media Sponsorship for the 2022 season is generously provided by Moffly Media and WSHU Public Radio.
directed by DAVID KENNEDY