4 000 miles by amy herzog biography

  • 4 000 miles by amy herzog biography

    • Miles

    play by Amy Herzog

    Miles
    Written byAmy Herzog
    Date premieredJune&#;20,&#;&#;()
    Place premieredThe Duke on 42nd Street
    Original languageEnglish
    GenreDramatic comedy

    Miles is a dramatic comedyplay by Amy Herzog. The play ran Off-Broadway in , and again in The play was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

    Synopsis

    When Leo Joseph-Connell suffers a major loss while on a cross-country bike trip, he seeks solace from his feisty grandmother Vera Joseph in her West Village apartment.

    Characters

    • Leo Joseph-Connell – twenty-one
    • Vera Joseph – ninety-one
    • Bec – twenty-one
    • Amanda – nineteen, Chinese-American

    Background

    The character of "Vera Joseph," who initially appeared in Herzog's play After the Revolution, is based on Herzog's grandmother Leepee. Herzog used Leepee's "words, habits and history to fashion the character of Vera Joseph".[1]

    Backstage observed that "' Miles' is a bit of a companion piece