{"id":341993,"date":"2026-09-09T17:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341993\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:42:19","slug":"samuel-d-hunter-named-judith-champion-playwriting-fellow-at-manhattan-theatre-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341993\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel D. Hunter Named Judith Champion Playwriting Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/manhattan-theatre-club\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manhattan Theatre Club<\/a> has named <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/samuel-d-hunter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel D. Hunter<\/a> the recipient of its\u00a0Judith Champion Playwriting Fellowship for the 2026-2027 season. The program will see the\u00a0<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/little-bear-ridge-road-broadway-booth-theatre-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Little Bear Ridge Road<\/a> playwright commissioned to create a new work, also receiving use of office and rehearsal space, a stipend for theatre tickets, and a developmental workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Previous fellows include <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/bess-wohl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bess Wohl<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/eboni-booth-performer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eboni Booth<\/a>, Sanaz Toosi, and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/zora-howard-writer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zora Howard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Judith Champion Fellowship exists to give writers the time and space to take real creative risks, and Sam Hunter is exactly the kind of playwright this Fellowship was made for,&#8221; says MTC Artistic Director Nicki Hunter in a statement. &#8220;His work poses profound questions about the American experience that\u2014while from a perspective that is unique and personal to him\u2014feel richly human and utterly universal. I am so looking forward to spending this valuable time with Sam this season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled to have the wonderful Samuel D. Hunter in residence with us this season through the Judith Champion Playwriting Fellowship,&#8221; adds Associate Artistic Director Scott Kaplan. &#8220;We have long been admirers of Sam&#8217;s singular voice and extraordinary theatrical gifts, and we couldn\u2019t be happier at the prospect of embarking on a year of close collaboration with this talented artist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hunter made his Broadway debut with Little Bear Ridge Road last season, and a simultaneous West\u00a0End debut with\u00a0Clarkston. His plays also include\u00a0The Whale,\u00a0A Case for the Existence of God,\u00a0A Bright New Boise,\u00a0Greater Clements,\u00a0Lewiston\/Clarkston, and\u00a0Grangeville. He adapted his\u00a0The Whale for a 2022 film adaptation starring <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/brendan-fraser-vault-0000115277\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Fraser<\/a>, and has also written for FX&#8217;s\u00a0Baskets.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manhattantheatreclub.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ManhattanTheatreClub.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manhattan Theatre Club has named Samuel D. 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