Samuel D. Hunter Papers
Content Description
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."
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 2015
Creator
- Hunter, Samuel D. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research
Biographical / Historical
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
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Commencement speech and theatre program.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Program donated by Mike Roach via Peter Mundt, CLASS development officer in 2015 (MA 2015-36). Commencement speech transferred in 2018 (UA 2018-40).
- Title
- Guide to Samuel D. Hunter Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared by Ariana Burns
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository