Samuel_D._Hunter

Samuel D. Hunter

Samuel D. Hunter

American dramatist

Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981)[1] is an American playwright living in New York City.[2]

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Hunter was born and raised in Moscow, Idaho.[3][dead link] He is best known for plays A Bright New Boise, which won the 2011 Obie Award for playwriting, and The Whale, which won the 2013 Drama Desk Award and the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play.[2] He is also the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship.[1] He has also been a guest lecturer at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Fordham University, and other universities.[4]

Hunter is also a writer and producer for the television show Baskets.[5] A film adaptation of The Whale, written by Hunter and directed by Darren Aronofsky, was released in December 2022 and received mostly positive reviews.

Produced plays

  • Five Genocides (2010)[6]
  • Jack's Precious Moment (2010)[7]
  • A Bright New Boise (2010)[8]
  • Norway (2011)[9]
  • A Permanent Image (2011)[10]
  • The Whale (2012)[11]
  • Pocatello (2014)[12]
  • The Few (2014)[13]
  • A Great Wilderness (2014)[14]
  • Rest (2014)[15]
  • Clarkston (2015)[16]
  • Lewiston (2016)[17]
  • The Healing (2016)[18]
  • The Harvest (2016)[19]
  • Lewiston/Clarkston (2018)[20]
  • Greater Clements (2019)[21]
  • A Case for the Existence of God (2022)[22]

Awards and honors

See also

Notes

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    "Best Idaho - Born 'Genius'". Boise Weekly. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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    "About Brendan Fraser's Fat Suit in "The Whale"". The New Yorker. 2022-12-07. Archived from the original on 2023-07-14.
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    "Samuel D. Hunter - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
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    "Five Genocides - clubbed thumb". clubbed thumb. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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    "Page 73 >> Jack's Precious Moment". Page 73. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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    "Season Eight - Partial Comfort Productions". Partial Comfort Productions. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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    "Norway". Boise Weekly. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  10. [10]
    "Review: A Permanent Image". Boise Weekly. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
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    "The Whale: Playwrights Horizons". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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    "Pocatello: Playwrights Horizons". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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    "The Few - Rattlestick Playwrights Theater". Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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    "A Great Wilderness:Synopsis". Seattle Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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    "Rest". South Coast Repertory. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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    "Clarkston". Dallas Theater Center. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  17. [17]
    "Lewiston". Long Wharf Theatre. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
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    "Samuel D. Hunter's The Healing Opens Tonight". Playbill Inc. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
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    "Photos: First Look at LCT3 Production of The Harvest". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
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    Grode, Eric (18 October 2018). "Pull Up a Seat. Two Plays, Dinner and Western History Are Served". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
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    "'A Case For The Existence of God' Named Year's Best Play By New York Drama Critics' Circle; 'Kimberly Akimbo' Best Musical". Deadline. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
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