Sydney Theatre Company | Director Secondment | 7 February – 23 March 2025
In the middle of the night, 21-year-old Leo shows up at his grandmother’s Greenwich Village apartment. He’s visibly dirty, smells terrible and is lugging with him a bike and an enormous camping pack on his thin shoulders.
91-year-old Vera, tiny and frail but strong-minded, cannot comprehend his sudden appearance. No one in the family has heard from him in weeks and everyone’s been worried sick. It’s obvious Leo isn’t doing well.
Vera asks Leo to stay, shower and eat something, and makes an uneasy truce to not tell his mother she’s seen him. Leo finally stops running, finding comfort in his grandmother’s strength and warmth (despite her prickly exterior).
Slowly these unlikely roommates find deep connection across generations, pushing one another to confront the grief they’ve been avoiding.
Creative Team
Performers: Nancye Hayes, Shiv Palekar, Shirong Wu & Ariadne Sgouros
Writer: Amy Herzog
Director: Kenneth Moraleda
Designer: Jeremy Allen
Lighting Designer: Kelsey Lee
Composer & Sound Designer: Jessica Dunn
Associate Designer: Emma White
Intimacy Coordinator: Chloë Dallimore
Voice & Text Coach: Charmian Gradwell
Photographer: Daniel Boud
Freddie Lubowitz | Writer | Director 