A Bright New Boise boldly mines themes integral to Hunter’s work, particularly the search for divinity and intimacy and the question of how the social and physical architectures of late capitalism create a breeding ground for American zealotry.
Will (Peter Mark Kendall) has fled his northern Idaho hometown and found a new community in the artificially bright break room of his new Boise workplace, a Hobby Lobby craft-supply chain store. But there are other reasons he’s chosen to make a fresh start for himself in the world of this specific big box store: one recent scandalous tragedy and another from long ago involving a new coworker. Will’s presence—the past that sticks to him, the grandiosity of his troubled faith, the weight of his hunger to connect—threatens to throw the sanctuary of the Hobby Lobby ecosystem into chaos.
100 minutes no intermission
January 31st, 2023
March 12th, 2023
12+
By: Samuel D. Hunter
Director: Oliver Butler
Producer: Signature Theatre
Cast list: Anna Baryshnikov (as Anna), Ignacio Diaz-Silverio (as Alex), Eva Kaminsky (as Pauline), Peter Mark Kendall (as Will), Angus O'Brien (as Leroy)
Design: Wilson Chin
Costumes: April M. Hickman
Lighting: Jen Schriever
Sound: Christopher Darbassie
Other info: Projection and video design by Stefania Bulbarella
Wheelchair access, assisted listening devices; open caption, audio described, and ASL performances
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