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Miles
play by Amy Herzog
| Miles | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Amy Herzog |
| Date premiered | June20,() |
| Place premiered | The Duke on 42nd Street |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Dramatic 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