Ginkgo Express

by Brandon Zang

In 2099, a teenager embarks on a trip across the Pacific Ocean to reunite the last two ginkgo trees. In the ancient Chinese village of Tianmushan, a jaded college grad has returned to take over as chief and preserve her father’s final legacy. With each day that brings them closer, relationships rekindle and bridges are burned. As the prospect of saving the ginkgo tree becomes less and less plausible, both must...

In 2099, a teenager embarks on a trip across the Pacific Ocean to reunite the last two ginkgo trees. In the ancient Chinese village of Tianmushan, a jaded college grad has returned to take over as chief and preserve her father’s final legacy. With each day that brings them closer, relationships rekindle and bridges are burned. As the prospect of saving the ginkgo tree becomes less and less plausible, both must decide if their earnest (or futile) attempt is a worthwhile endeavor...against the inevitable end of the world.

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  • Carl(os) Roa: Ginkgo Express by Brandon Zang
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    We workshopped this script during the Sewanee Writers Conference and it was one of the most beautifully written plays in our cohort! It tackles the subject of our impending apocalypse with a grace and sensitivity that you don't often see in dystopian stories. What role does love play in a dying world? Brandon explores this question in Ginkgo Express, and it was one of my favorites at the conference. Please produce this play - it's a timely and heartwarming tale.

    We workshopped this script during the Sewanee Writers Conference and it was one of the most beautifully written plays in our cohort! It tackles the subject of our impending apocalypse with a grace and sensitivity that you don't often see in dystopian stories. What role does love play in a dying world? Brandon explores this question in Ginkgo Express, and it was one of my favorites at the conference. Please produce this play - it's a timely and heartwarming tale.

    ”

Production History

  • Workshop, Boston University, 2023