EMPTY RIDE
by Keiko Green
World Premiere, The Old Globe, February 8 - March 2, 2025
Photos by Rich Soublet II
A major new American play that first launched in the 2024 Powers New Voices Festival. Kisa, a painter in Paris, returns to her small Japanese hometown after the 2011 tsunami to help her ailing father by driving his taxi cab. But as she navigates the winding streets and transports her eccentric passengers, she is haunted by the supernatural remnants of what the floodwaters left behind. This Globe-commissioned world premiere from Keiko Green (Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play) is a funny and poignant story that explores the uncanny ways that love can transcend loss.
Cast: Michele Selene Ang, Major Curda, Jojo Gonzalez, Jully Lee, David Rosenberg
Written by Keiko Green
Directed by Sivan Battat
Scenic Design: Adam Rigg
Costume Design: Izumi Inaba
Lighting Design: Mextly Couzin
Sound Design and Original Music: Avi Amon
Casting: Caparelliotis Casting
Production Stage Manager: Chandra R.M. Anthenill
Assistant Director: Laura Zee
Understudy Cast: Stephanie Hinck, Justin Lang, Susane Lee, Akoni Steinmann