Samuel D. Hunter

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Samuel D. Hunter
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Hunter in 2013
Born1981 (age 42–43)
Moscow, Idaho, U.S.
Education New York University (BFA)
University of Iowa (MFA)
Juilliard School (GrDip)

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

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. ↑ "About Brendan Fraser's Fat Suit in "The Whale"". The New Yorker . 2022-12-07. Archived from the original on 2023-07-14.
  5. ↑ "Samuel D. Hunter - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  6. ↑ "Five Genocides - clubbed thumb". clubbed thumb. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  7. ↑ "Page 73 >> Jack's Precious Moment". Page 73. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  8. ↑ "Season Eight - Partial Comfort Productions". Partial Comfort Productions. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  9. ↑ "Norway". Boise Weekly. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  10. ↑ "Review: A Permanent Image". Boise Weekly. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  11. ↑ "The Whale: Playwrights Horizons". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  12. ↑ "Pocatello: Playwrights Horizons". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  13. ↑ "The Few - Rattlestick Playwrights Theater". Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  14. ↑ "A Great Wilderness:Synopsis". Seattle Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  15. ↑ "Rest". South Coast Repertory. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  16. ↑ "Clarkston". Dallas Theater Center. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  17. ↑ "Lewiston". Long Wharf Theatre. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  18. ↑ "Samuel D. Hunter's The Healing Opens Tonight". Playbill Inc. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  19. ↑ "Photos: First Look at LCT3 Production of The Harvest". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ Shaw, Helen (December 10, 2019). "Theater Review: Greater Clements, a Small-Town Drama Where the Town's Disappearing". New York . Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  22. ↑ Shaw, Helen (2022-05-02). "Two Men, Twin Falls: Samuel Hunter's A Case for the Existence of God". Vulture. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  23. ↑ Jones, Kenneth (8 July 2008). "Samuel D. Hunter is Lark's 2008 Playwriting Fellow". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  24. ↑ Gans, Andrew (29 April 2011). "56th Annual Drama Desk Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Scores 12 Nominations". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  25. ↑ "New York OBIES: The Village Voice's 56th Annual Obie Awards". VillageVoice, LLC. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  26. ↑ "Samuel Hunter".
  27. ↑ https://www.theatermania.com/washington-dc/news/08-2012/samuel-d-hunter-named-2013-resident-playwright-at_60469.html/
  28. ↑ Hetrick, Adam (18 March 2013). ""Smash" and The Whale Win NYC GLAAD Media Awards". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  29. ↑ "2013 Drama Desk Award Winners". Drama Desk Awards. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  30. ↑ "2013 Nominations". The Lucille Lortel Awards. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  31. ↑ Honorary Degrees, President's Medallion, and Alumni Distinguished Idahoan Award. YouTube . Archived from the original on 2021-12-10.
  32. ↑ "Nominations for the 2019 Drama Desk Awards Announced; Oklahoma!, Tootsie, Rags Parkland Lead the Pack". Playbill, Inc. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  33. ↑ "2020 Drama Desk Nominations: Soft Power, The Wrong Man Lead the Pack in Condensed Season". Playbill, Inc. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  34. ↑ https://signaturetheatre.org/playwright/samuel-d-hunter/
  35. ↑ "'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.
  36. ↑ https://www.criticschoice.com/2022/12/14/film-nominations-announced-for-the-28th-annual-critics-choice-awards-hosted-by-chelsea-handler/
  37. ↑ http://awards.bafta.org/award/2023/film
  38. ↑ https://www.dramatistsguild.com/news/dramatists-guild-announces-initial-2023-award-recipients

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