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Praise for The Few Mr. Hunter, the author of the fine plays A Bright New Boise and The Whale, writes with unusual insight into, and empathy for, people whose lives have settled into sad stasis, or strategic withdrawal... [A] compassionate, gently hued drama. - Charles Isherwood, New York Times Smart and sensitive. Hunter can really write, in a style that finds bleak humor in the saddest, most painful situations. - Marilyn Stasio, Variety Hunter has a gift for communicating psychology through speech patterns. - Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times Outstanding. Hunter demonstrates great skill at the hard-bitten language resorted to by people barely clinging to the end of their tether. Genuinely good theater... Guaranteed to have listeners hanging on every word. - David Finkle, Huffington Post Unparalleled in depicting the sad and disenfranchised without a trace of pity or condescension... The Few adds another worthy gallery of characters for Hunter's impressively differentiated oeuvre. - Entertainment Weekly Praise for Rest A deeply compassionate writer. - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune Hunter's well-constructed script tackles numerous issues, but none so poignant as whether it's better to cling onto life while suffering or whether it's better to let go. A cathartic theatrical experience. - Keith Glab, Chicago Theater Beat Hunter's masterful accomplishment is that he allows these people to discover one another. - z LA Weekly Praise for Pocatello Compelling... Mr. Hunter, who recently received a MacArthur grant, has an undeniable empathy for the Eleanor Rigbys of this country, people who see themselves as trapped forever in confining isolation. - Ben Brantley, New York Times The playwright continues to be unerringly exact at gently discovering his characters' delicate foibles, where a decadent sip of a glass of wine or an unexpected heart-to-heart tells you everything you need to know... Pocatello is a satisfying full-course meal, gluten and all. - Entertainment Weekly Hunter's plays are as funny and trenchant as they are wrenching... Pocatello is another big success. - Jesse Green, New York Touching, poignant... Pocatello is a fine play in its own right. - Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal Praise for A Great Wilderness Affecting drama that strengthens its hold on you bit by unpredictable bit... Hunter is far less interested in message-mongering than in exploring what makes people tick, whether he shares their worldview or not. - Don Aucoin, Boston Globe

<b>Praise for <i>The Few</i></b> Mr. Hunter, the author of the fine plays <i>A Bright New Boise</i> and <i>The Whale</i>, writes with unusual insight into, and empathy for, people whose lives have settled into sad stasis, or strategic withdrawal... [A] compassionate, gently hued drama. Charles Isherwood, <i>New York Times</i> Smart and sensitive. Hunter can really write, in a style that finds bleak humor in the saddest, most painful situations. Marilyn Stasio, <i>Variety</i> Hunter has a gift for communicating psychology through speech patterns. Charles McNulty, <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Outstanding. Hunter demonstrates great skill at the hard-bitten language resorted to by people barely clinging to the end of their tether. Genuinely good theater... Guaranteed to have listeners hanging on every word. David Finkle, <i>Huffington Post</i> Unparalleled in depicting the sad and disenfranchised without a trace of pity or condescension <i>The Few</i> adds another worthy gallery of characters for Hunter s impressively differentiated oeuvre. <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> <b>Praise for <i>Rest</i> </b> A deeply compassionate writer. Chris Jones, <i>Chicago Tribune</i> Hunter s well-constructed script tackles numerous issues, but none so poignant as whether it s better to cling onto life while suffering or whether it s better to let go. A cathartic theatrical experience. Keith Glab, <i>Chicago Theater Beat</i> Hunter's masterful accomplishment is that he allows these people to discover one another. z<i>LA Weekly</i> <b>Praise for <i>Pocatello</i> </b> Compelling Mr. Hunter, who recently received a MacArthur grant, has an undeniable empathy for the Eleanor Rigbys of this country, people who see themselves as trapped forever in confining isolation. Ben Brantley, <i>New York Times</i> The playwright continues to be unerringly exact at gently discovering his characters delicate foibles, where a decadent sip of a glass of wine or an unexpected heart-to-heart tells you everything you need to know <i>Pocatello</i> is a satisfying full-course meal, gluten and all. <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> Hunter s plays are as funny and trenchant as they are wrenching <i>Pocatello</i> is another big success. Jesse Green, <i>New York</i> Touching, poignant <i>Pocatello</i> is a fine play in its own right. Terry Teachout, <i>Wall Street Journal</i> <b>Praise for <i>A Great Wilderness</i> </b> Affecting drama that strengthens its hold on you bit by unpredictable bit Hunter is far less interested in message-mongering than in exploring what makes people tick, whether he shares their worldview or not. Don Aucoin, <i>Boston Globe</i>

Skillful and moving, <i>Pocatello</i> is another of Hunter s explorations of community and isolation in Idaho, humanely rendered and shrewdly structured. Hunter s writing achieves a new level of technical complexity from the opening scene. David Cote, <i>Time Out New York</i> <i>The Few</i> is a compassionate, gently hued drama about lonely lives. Mr. Hunter writes with unusual insight into, and empathy for, people whose lives have settled into sad stasis, or strategic withdrawal. Charles Isherwood, <i>New York Times</i> <i>A Great Wilderness</i> is an affecting drama that strengthens its hold on you bit by unpredictable bitThe playwright s wide-angle view of humanity is evident again, as is his willingness to upend our expectations. Don Aucoin, <i>Boston Globe</i> Hunter is a welcome theatrical voice from the American West. In <i>Rest</i>, Hunter mixes quirkiness with poignancy in a drama that elicits steady laughter by juxtaposing stark facts of mortality with existentialist aches and neurotic pains. Hunter has a gift for capturing the fine-grained textures of daily interaction. Charles McNulty, <i>Los Angeles Times</i> <i>A Permanent Image</i> totters at the edge of realism, a fusion of Midwest Gothic, with clattering notes of absurdism. Hunter is adept at coming up with striking images. You ll be sustained not just by the question of where this play is going, but also by the empathy you ll find yourself feeling for the characters. Chris Jones, <i>Chicago Tribune</i>

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Samuel D. Hunter's other plays include The Whale, A Bright New Boise, The Healing and The Harvest. He is the recipient of a MacArthur ""Genius"" Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, an Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award. He holds degrees in playwriting from NYU, The Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and Juilliard. He holds an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Idaho.

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