Golden, CO 80401
By Amy Herzog
Directed by Len Matheo
Miners Alley Playhouse presents the 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist "4000 Miles" through March 6 in Golden. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:30p.m.; Sundays at 6:00 p.m. (closing Sunday, March 6 at 2 p.m.).
After suffering a major loss while he was on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother Vera in her West Village apartment. Over the course of a single month, these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately reach each other. "4000 Miles" looks at how two outsiders find their way in today's world.
Director Len Matheo has cast Deborah Persoff (Vera), Curtiss Johns (Leo), Alaina Reel (Becca) and Jenna Moll Reyes (Amanda).
"4000 Miles" ran Off-Broadway in 2011 and again in 2012, winning an Obie Award for Best New American Play. The New York Times calls it, "A funny, moving, altogether wonderful drama. . . A heartening reminder that a keen focus on life's small moments can pay off in a big way onstage."
Amy Herzog’s plays have been produced Off-Broadway and received nominations for, among others: the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actor and Actress (After the Revolution); the Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (The Great God Pan); and Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Actress in a Play (Belleville). She was a finalist for the 2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
Herzog based several characters in her plays on family members. In "4000 Miles," the character of Vera Joseph is based on Herzog's grandmother, Leepee and Leo is based on her cousin who lost a good friend. Vera initially appeared in her play "After the Revolution." The "Josephs" in her plays are also partially based on her father's stepfamily.
90-minutes, no intermission.
