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Lewiston

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 1m

Samuel D. Hunter

Set at a firework stand off a rural Idaho highway, this deeply moving piece of theatre explores the emotional frontiers of a family struggling to make a home in the vastness of the American landscape.

Lewiston

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Suggested Use
    • Monologues
    • Scene work
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
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Lewiston/Clarkston
Clarkston

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Summary
Alice and Connor sit by their roadside stand selling cheap fireworks while developers swallow the land around them. Promised a condo in the new development, their future is secure. Enter Marnie, Alice’s long-lost granddaughter, proposing to buy the land to save her family’s legacy. Marnie and Alice will become reacquainted with each other’s deeply held secrets, uncertain pasts, and hopeful futures. Hunter, a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship recipient, explores the emotional frontiers of a family struggling to make a home in the vastness of the American landscape with affection, poignancy, and a profound sense of empathy.
History
Lewiston/Clarkston premiered at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York, NY in October, 2018 under the direction of Davis McCallum. 
Cast Attributes
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Performing Groups
MARNIE – early to mid-twenties, female
ALICE – early to mid-seventies, female
CONNOR – fifties, male
FEMALE VOICE
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A roadside fireworks stand.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 90 minutes

Media

"Something beautiful beyond dispute that unites us as Americans, and as all people living here." – New York Stage Review

"Chamber theatre of the most deeply moving kind. By the evening's end, you'll have a palpable sense of having shared something special with your fellow theatergoers" – The Hollywood Reporter

"An exceedingly special and highly unconventional theatrical event." – New York Stage Review

"A tight, observant vignette that realizes swatches of modern-day life with devastating, but often hilarious, accuracy." – The Daily Beast

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Samuel D. Hunter

Samuel D. Hunter

Samuel D. Hunter grew up in Moscow, Idaho and lives in New York City with his husband and daughter. His full-length plays include The Whale (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, GLAAD Media Award, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for B ...

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