Steppenwolf, The Understudy & Chicago tribune present:
An intimate conversation with playwright Samuel D. Hunter
A FREE Event on Monday, June 17
7:00PM | Doors Open at The Understudy - 5531 N. Clark St.
7:30PM | Event Begins
Join Steppenwolf Theatre for a conversation with Chicago Tribune Chief Theater Critic Chris Jones and MacArthur Fellow Samuel D. Hunter, playwright of Steppenwolf’s upcoming world premiere of Little Bear Ridge Road.
Be part of this intimate conversation on Monday, June 17 at 7:30 pm at The Understudy Coffee and Books, 5531 N. Clark St. in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood.
*This conversations is FREE, but space is extremely limited and RSVPs are required. The event is now at capacity and the RSVP form has been closed. Please check back later as availability may change.
About the Panelists
Samuel D. Hunter grew up in Moscow, Idaho and lives in New York City with his husband and daughter. His plays include The Whale (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, GLAAD Media Award, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play), A Case for the Existence of God (New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play, Hull-Warriner Award), A Bright New Boise (Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), Greater Clements (Drama Desk nomination for Best Play, Outer Critics Circle Honoree), Lewiston/Clarkston (Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Few, A Great Wilderness, Rest, Pocatello, The Healing and The Harvest, among others. His screenplay adaptation of The Whale, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Brendan Fraser, was nominated for the 2023 BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received two Oscars, including Best Actor. He was also a writer and producer on all four seasons of FX’s Baskets. He is the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, a 2012 Whiting Writers Award and an honorary doctorate from the University of Idaho. He holds degrees in playwriting from NYU, The Iowa Playwrights Workshop and Juilliard.
Chris Jones
Chicago Tribune Chief Theater Critic