4000 MileS, A PLAY

Director and Producer //

Written by amy herzog

After a harrowing bike trip, 21-year old Ved vanishes. Months later, his 87-year old grandmother Louisa is woken up in the middle of the night by an unannounced visitor.


Set within the walls of Louisa’s old apartment in New Delhi, the site-specific production involves the audience being seated in her living room as they witness the unfolding action.

From the moment the play starts, where we have to wait for an old lady to cross the length of the house to answer an increasingly impatient doorbell, we are not here. The door opens to find a sweaty, heavy dude lugging a huge bicycle. The neighbor’s baby starts crying before he’s said a word, the distant honking of traffic is filtering in between the blinds. And, for once, it’s perfect. Delhi itself is what gives the whole experience its authenticity, organically chiming in to fill the make believe with truth and reality, never forcing the audience to pretend to ignore it, in fact the complete opposite. Listen to believe this is real.
— Varoon P. Anand, Theatre Practitioner