Samuel D. Hunter

Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981) is an American playwright based in New York City, born in Pullman, Washington, and raised in Moscow, Idaho. He is best known for his plays A Bright New Boise, which won the 2011 Obie Award for playwriting, and The Whale, which won the 2013 Drama Desk Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, as well as a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship. His works often explore themes of faith, isolation, and human connection in contemporary American life, including the screenplay for the 2022 film adaptation of The Whale.