Global Taxi Driver

Global Taxi Driver

David Henry Hwang Theater
120 Judge John Aiso St. Los Angeles

Do you have a TAXI DRIVER Story? Not a Taxi RIDER story where a driver tried to rip you off and drive you the wrong way. A Taxi DRIVER story where you learned about the Driver through an exchange or a story they shared about where they came from or how they ended up driving a taxi. Throughout the world, taxi driving is one of the first jobs accessible to immigrants, often taken on by men who once had (or still have) occupations as farmers, soldiers, doctors, lawyers etc. For tourists, a ride in a taxi is their first exposure to a "native informant" of the city they visit. The irony is often that taxi driver, like the tourist, is also a transient. At the same time, the growth of software companies and ride-sharing service companies are drastically changing the taxi industry making the stories of taxi drivers more urgent to gather as this occupation risks no longer being a job for immigrants.

Thru - Mar 29, 2015