A Little Murders by Samuel D Hunter
Characters: 3 male, 2 female Interior Winner! 2011 Obie Award for Playwriting Nominated for the 2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Samuel D. Hunter's A Bright New Boise is a earnest comedy about the meager profits of modern faith. In the bleak, corporate break room of a craft store in Idaho, someone is summoning The Rapture. Will, who has fled his rural hometown after a scandal at his Evangelical church, comes to the Hobby Lobby, not only for employment, but also to rekindle a relationship with Alex, his brooding teenage son, whom he gave up for adoption several years ago. Alex works there along with Leroy, his adopted brother and protector, and Anna, a hapless young woman who reads bland fiction but hopes for dramatic endings. As their manager, foul-mouthed Pauline, tries ceaselessly to find order (and profit) in the chaos of small business, these lost souls of the Hobby Lobby confront an unyielding world through the beige-tinted impossibility of modern faith. "This clear-eyed comedy will lift your heart." -Time Out New York "Samuel D. Hunter has offered us a humorous and touching exploration of faith and family" - NYTheatre.com "Samuel D. Hunter has effectively rendered himself a playwright to watch with A Bright New Boise...a quietly affecting drama that delves into the always thorny issues of faith, forgiveness, and second chances with great eloquence and compassion." -TheatreManiaThe Whale (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, GLAAD Media Award, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play), A Bright New Boise (Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Few, A Great Wilderness, Rest, Pocatello, The Healing, The Harvest, Lewiston, Clarkston, and most recently, Greater Clements are just a few of Samuel D. Hunter's productions. A 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant Fellowship, a 2012 Whiting Writers Award, the 2013 Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, the 2011 Sky Cooper Prize, the 2008 PONY/Lark Fellowship, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Idaho have all been bestowed upon him. His plays have been seen at Playwrights Horizons, LCT3, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and Page 73 in New York, as well as at Seattle Rep, South Coast Rep, Victory Gardens, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Old Globe, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Denver Center Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center, Long Wharf Theatre, and other theaters across the country. In the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, the Ojai Playwrights Conference, Seven Devils, and PlayPenn, he has developed his work. He is a member of New Dramatists, a Victory Gardens Ensemble Playwright, a Partial Comfort Productions member, and a 2013 Arena Stage Resident Playwright.
Sam is a native of northern Idaho who now resides in New York City. He has playwriting degrees from New York University, the Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and Juilliard.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780573602450 |
| ISBN 10 | 057360245X |
| Title | A Little Murders |
| Author | Samuel D Hunter |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Samuel French Inc |
| Year published | 2011-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 82 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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