Sam Hunter on Writing for Stage and Screen
Monday, March 2, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
The award-winning playwright and screenwriter behind The Whale talks about the writing life and finding hope in the everyday.
This Center on Religion and Culture event features a one-hour conversation with playwright and screenwriter Sam Hunter, best known for The Whale, the 2022 Academy Award-winning film starring Brendan Fraser and Sadie Sink. His 2024–2025 play Little Bear Ridge Road, starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock, marked his Broadway debut. Sam has also guest lectured at Fordham.
He was a recipient of the 2011 Obie Award, the 2013 Drama Desk Award, the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, and a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship.
Jim McDermott, theater critic and entertainment writer, and May Adrales, director of the Fordham Theatre Program, will moderate the conversation. The event is a collaboration between the Center on Religion and Culture and the Fordham Theatre Program.
This event is free, but registration is required.
