{"product_id":"the-whalea-bright-new-boise-9781559364607","title":"The Whale\/A Bright New Boise","description":"Acclaimed for his gentle, complex characterizations, Samuel D. Hunter's bighearted and funny plays explore the quiet desperation running through many American lives. \u003cem\u003eThe Whale\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a six hundred-pound shut-in's last chance at redemption and of discovering beauty in the most unexpected places when he reaches out to his long-estranged--and severely unhappy--daughter. Hunter's second piece, the Obie Award-winning \u003cem\u003eA Bright New Boise\u003c\/em\u003e, is a philosophical investigation of faith and search for meaning in rural Idaho where a disgraced evangelical is forced to take a minimum-wage job at the local Hobby Lobby craft store in an effort to reunite with his estranged son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel D. Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Whale\u003c\/i\u003e (2013 Drama Desk Award, 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play), \u003ci\u003eA Bright New Boise\u003c\/i\u003e (2011 Obie Award for Playwriting, 2011 Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), \u003ci\u003eThe Few, A Great Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRest\u003c\/i\u003e. Sam is the winner of a 2012 Whiting Writers Award, the 2013 Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, the 2011 Sky Cooper Prize, and the 2008-2009 PONY Fellowship. He is a member of New Dramatists, an Ensemble Playwright at Victory Gardens, a Core Member of The Playwrights' Center, a member of Partial Comfort Productions, and is currently a Resident Playwright at Arena Stage. A native of northern Idaho, Sam lives in NYC. He holds degrees in playwriting from NYU, The Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and Juilliard. In 2014, Mr. Hunter was awarded a prestigious \"genius\" grant from the MacArthur Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556936028434,"sku":"9781559364607","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8c7277ab-7606-419a-8732-48515ba77360.jpg?v=1731767348","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-whalea-bright-new-boise-9781559364607","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}