Samuel D. Hunter

Samuel D. Hunter
A photo of Samuel D. Hunter at an awards ceremony
Hunter, 2013
Born 1981
Moscow, Idaho
Occupation Playwright
Nationality American
Notable works A Bright New Boise, The Whale
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Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981)[1] is an American playwright living in New York City.[2]

Hunter was born and raised in Moscow, Idaho.[3] 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]

Produced works

  • Five Genocides (2010)[4]
  • Jack's Precious Moment (2010)[5]
  • A Bright New Boise (2010)[6]
  • Norway (2011)[7]
  • A Permanent Image (2011)[8]
  • The Whale (2012)[9]
  • Pocatello (2014)[10]
  • The Few (2014)[11]
  • A Great Wilderness (2014)[12]
  • Rest (2014)[13]
  • Clarkston (2015)[14]
  • Lewiston (2016)[15]
  • The Healing (2016)[16]
  • The Harvest (2016)[17]

Awards and honors

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Samuel D. Hunter - MacArthur Foundation". John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  2. 1 2 "Samuel D. Hunter - New Dramatists". New Dramatists. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  3. ↑ "Best Idaho - Born 'Genius'". Boise Weekly. Boise Weekly. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  4. ↑ "Five Genocides - clubbed thumb". clubbed thumb. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  5. ↑ "Page 73 >> Jack's Precious Moment". Page 73. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Season Eight - Partial Comfort Productions". Partial Comfort Productions. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  7. ↑ "Norway". Boise Weekly. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  8. ↑ http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/review-a-permanent-image/Content?oid=2555201. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ "The Whale: Playwrights Horizons". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  10. ↑ "Pocatello: Playwrights Horizons". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  11. ↑ "The Few - Rattlestick Playwrights Theater". Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  12. ↑ "A Great Wilderness:Synopsis". Seattle Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  13. ↑ "Rest". South Coast Repertory. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  14. ↑ "Clarkston". Dallas Theater Center. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  15. ↑ "Lewiston". Long Wharf Theatre. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  16. ↑ "Samuel D. Hunter's The Healing Opens Tonight". Playbill Inc. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  17. ↑
  18. ↑ Jones, Kenneth (8 July 2008). "Samuel D. Hunter is Lark's 2008 Playwriting Fellow". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  19. ↑ Gans, Andrew (29 April 2011). "56th Annual Drama Desk Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Scores 12 Nominations". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  20. ↑ "New York OBIES: The Village Voice's 56th Annual Obie Awards". VillageVoice, LLC. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  21. ↑ http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/samuel-hunter#/
  22. ↑ Hetrick, Adam (18 March 2013). ""Smash" and The Whale Win NYC GLAAD Media Awards". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  23. ↑ "2013 Drama Desk Award Winners". Drama Desk Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  24. ↑ "2013 Nominations". The Lucille Lortel Awards. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  25. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipbmLL9M1PU
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