4000 Miles

Twenty-one-year-old neo-hippie Leo, still reeling from the shocking death of his best friend during a cross-country bike trek, seeks refuge in the Greenwich Village apartment of his 91-year-old leftist grandmother Vera. As an overnight couch-surf turns into an extended stay, two generations unearth the surprising commonality between the aimlessness of youth and the isolation of old age. From one of America’s fast-rising playwrights, this gentle, well-observed drama explores the funny, frustrating, and ultimately life-changing relationship between a grandson who can’t face his life and a grandmother who is starting to forget hers.