A Case for the Existence of God - Softcover

Hunter, Samuel D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1636701949 ISBN 13: 9781636701943

Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S., 2025

Synopsis

A heartrending yet hopeful play about two men's parallel desires to build a secure foundation for their families even as everything around them is falling apart.

At first glance, Ryan and Keith are two men in Twin Falls, Idaho, who have nothing in common. Ryan, a factory worker in the throes of financial instability, seeks help from Keith, a mortgage broker, to secure a loan. The two bond over their love of their daugh-ters, as well as "a specific kind of sadness" that lives in the gap between their dreams and realities. Affecting in its seeming simplicity, Hunter's play ultimately affirms, if not the existence of God, then at least the possibility that something sacred can come from the connection between two people.

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About the Author

Samuel D. Hunter is an American playwright whose plays include: A Case for the Existence of God (Signature Theatre, off-Broadway, 2022); Clarkston (Dallas Theater Center, Texas, 2015; Trafalgar Theatre, London, 2025); The Whale (2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, 2013 GLAAD Media Award, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play); A Bright New Boise (2011 Obie Award for Playwriting, 2011 Drama Desk nomination for Best Play); The Few; A Great Wilderness; Rest and Pocatello.

A native of northern Idaho, he lives in New York City. He holds degrees in playwriting from New York University, The Iowa Playwrights Workshop and Juilliard. In 2014 he was awarded a prestigious 'genius' grant from the MacArthur Foundation.

Author photo by Josiah Bania

Edition details

• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1636701949
• ISBN 13: 9781636701943
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128