Hunter Clarkston

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-78850-934-3
Verlag: Nick Hern Books
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 88 Seiten

Reihe: NHB Modern Plays

'You have this idea in your head of the person you could be.' On a journey West to rediscover himself, Jake unexpectedly meets Chris - a kindred soul working the same night shift at a Costco in a rural American town. As their bond deepens, so does their sense of adventure. Maybe they could finally give life new meaning by chasing something more - like the intrepid American explorers who came before them. Together, they grapple with questions about sexuality, family and life's dead ends. Samuel D. Hunter's emotionally intimate play Clarkston is a modern frontier story that blazes a trail through friendship, acceptance, love and the hope of new discoveries. It was first performed at Dallas Theater Center, Texas, in 2015, and won a New Play Award from the Edgerton Foundation. It received its British premiere at Trafalgar Theatre, London, in 2025, directed by Jack Serio and starring Joe Locke, Ruaridh Mollica and Sophie Melville.

Samuel D. Hunter is an American playwright whose plays include: A Case for the Existence of God (Signature Theatre, off-Broadway, 2022); Clarkston (Dallas Theater Center, Texas, 2015; Trafalgar Theatre, London, 2025); The Whale (2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, 2013 GLAAD Media Award, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play); A Bright New Boise (2011 Obie Award for Playwriting, 2011 Drama Desk nomination for Best Play); The Few; A Great Wilderness; Rest and Pocatello. A native of northern Idaho, he lives in New York City. He holds degrees in playwriting from New York University, The Iowa Playwrights Workshop and Juilliard. In 2014 he was awarded a prestigious 'genius' grant from the MacArthur Foundation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunter, Samuel D.