Samuel D. Hunter

Samuel D. Hunter
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]
• The Whale (2012)^[8]
• Pocatello (2014)^[9]
• The Few (2014)^[10]
• A Great Wilderness (2014)^[11]
• Rest (2014)^[12]
• Clarkston (2015)^[13]
• Lewiston (2016)^[14]
• The Healing (2016)^[15]
• The Harvest (2016)^[16]

Awards and honors

• 2008-2009 Lark Play Development Center Playwrights of New York Fellowship^[17]
• 2011 Drama Desk Nomination for Best Play^[18]
• 2011 Obie Award for Playwriting^[19]
• 2012 Whiting Award^[20]
• 2013 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theatre (Broadway and Off-Broadway)^[21]
• 2013 Drama Desk Special Award^[22]
• 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play^[23]
• 2014 MacArthur Fellowship^[1]

See also

• List of playwrights

Notes

1. "Samuel D. Hunter - MacArthur Foundation". John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
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. "The Whale: Playwrights Horizons". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
9. "Pocatello: Playwrights Horizons". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
10. "The Few - Rattlestick Playwrights Theater". Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
11. "A Great Wilderness:Synopsis". Seattle Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
12. "Rest". South Coast Repertory. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
13. "Clarkston". Dallas Theater Center. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
14. "Lewiston". Long Wharf Theatre. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
15. "Samuel D. Hunter's The Healing Opens Tonight". Playbill Inc. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
17. Jones, Kenneth (8 July 2008). "Samuel D. Hunter is Lark's 2008 Playwriting Fellow". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
18. Gans, Andrew (29 April 2011). "56th Annual Drama Desk Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Scores 12 Nominations". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
19. "New York OBIES: The Village Voice's 56th Annual Obie Awards". VillageVoice, LLC. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
20. http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/samuel-hunter#/
21. Hetrick, Adam (18 March 2013). ""Smash" and The Whale Win NYC GLAAD Media Awards". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
22. "2013 Drama Desk Award Winners". Drama Desk Awards. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
23. "2013 Nominations". The Lucille Lortel Awards. Retrieved 2014-10-13.

External links

• Samuel D. Hunter's New Dramatists Page
• Profile and Production History at The Whiting Foundation