{"id":4934,"date":"2016-01-06T13:21:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T21:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/?p=4934"},"modified":"2017-01-25T13:48:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T21:48:41","slug":"the-few-by-samuel-d-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/archives\/the-few-by-samuel-d-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Few by Samuel D. Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"

MARCH 25 – APRIL 16, 2016<\/b><\/h3>\n

The Few Tickets<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo Credit Gary Norman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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CoHo Productions with Brandon Woolley and Val Landrum present<\/i><\/h5>\n

The Few<\/b><\/h1>\n

Written by Samuel D. Hunter<\/h4>\n

Directed by Brandon Woolley<\/h4>\n

Performances by Val Landrum, Micheal O’Connell and Caleb Sohigian<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s 1999 and Y2K panic looms over a small town in northern Idaho where QZ struggles to keep a grassroots newspaper for long-haul truckers alive. When Bryan, the paper\u2019s founding publisher and QZ\u2019s ex-lover, returns after an unexplained four-year absence, he finds the paper full of personal ads from lonely truckers, his former partner full of rage and regret, and his double-wide trailer\/office occupied by Matthew, a sensitive young misfit full of misplaced hero-worship. A compact, compassionate play from NW-native and MacArthur genius playwright Samuel D. Hunter about the struggle to keep hope alive, the search for human connection, and the barriers and detours on the way there.<\/p>\n

CoHo Productions with Val Landrum and Brandon Woolley bring Hunter\u2019s work back to Portland with The Few, <\/i>which was workshopped in Portland Center Stage\u2019s 2012 JAW festival. It since premiered in 2013 at The Old Globe in San Diego, followed by a NYC production in 2014 at Rattlestick Playwright\u2019s Theatre.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>Eschewing irony and judgment…Hunter\u2019s quietly captivating dramas confront the polarizing and socially isolating aspects of contemporary life across the American landscape\u2026[and] leavens his plays with humor and compassion for the lives he depicts…with literary allusions and larger themes of faith and doubt.\u201d<\/strong> -MacArthur Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n

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