This collection is a copy of the speech delivered by Moscow native and nationally recognized playwright Samuel D. Hunter at the May 16, 2015 University of Idaho commencement. Theatre program for Hunter's play "A Bright New Boise."
Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981) is an American playwright living in New York City.[2]
Hunter was born and raised in Moscow, Idaho. 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. He is also the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship. He has also been a guest lecturer at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Fordham University, and other universities.
A film adaptation of The Whale, written by Hunter and directed by Darren Aronofsky, was released in December 2022.
--Wikipedia
Program donated by Mike Roach via Peter Mundt, CLASS development officer in 2015 (MA 2015-36). Commencement speech transferred in 2018 (UA 2018-40).
Collection is open for research
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