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Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981) is an American playwright living in New York City. Hunter was born and raised in Moscow, Idaho. [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.
Jan 31, 2023 · The Whale writer Samuel D. Hunter explains his harrowing, true life story that inspired The Whale starring Brendan Fraser.
Jan 18, 2023 · At the beginning of playwright Samuel D. Hunter’s career, before he’d even been produced in New York, he was living with his boyfriend in an illegal midtown sublet and teaching expository...
Samuel D. Hunter. Writer: Baskets. Samuel D. Hunter grew up in Moscow, Idaho. His full-length plays include The Whale (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, GLAAD Media Award, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play), A Case for the Existence of God (New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best ...
Nov 27, 2019 · WALLACE, Idaho — Late in October, the playwright Samuel D. Hunter crouched in a defunct silver mine in Northern Idaho. A blue hard hat sat on his head and 600 feet of quartz, zinc and lead...
Dec 26, 2022 · The writing instructor-turned-playwright reveals how a single line from a student essay was a turning point in his artistic life.
Dec 9, 2022 · The Whale screenwriter on writing about religious fundamentalism, bodies, and hope. Samuel D. Hunter goes deeper with his vulnerable, personal play. Brendan Fraser as Charlie in The Whale,...
