Samuel Hunter

The Idaho Humanities Council is celebrating its golden anniversary in 2023; and as part of its 50th anniversary gala, they’ll host native Idahoan Samuel D. Hunter, McArthur Genius Grant Fellow and playwright/screenwriter of the Oscar-winning “The Whale.”

Moscow native Samuel Hunter has been incorporating intimate Idaho settings into his plays for nearly a decade. His work has been produced Off-Broadway and…

The Idaho playwright who was awarded a MacArthur 'genius' grant this week has traveled far from his hometown of Moscow, but continues to revisit the state…

Idaho native Samuel Hunter is one of 21 recipients of this year’s MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as genius grants. Just in his early 30s, the Moscow…