Tony® and Olivier Award nominee Brian J. Smith is “riveting” (TheaterMania) and SAG and Independent Spirit Award winner Paul Sparks is “excellent,” in Samuel D. Hunter’s “compact and affecting,” (Vulture / New York Magazine) GRANGEVILLE.
The Wall Street Journal says “[Samuel D.] Hunter builds wide worlds of beautiful emotional breadth and depth… [he has] established himself as one of the finest American playwrights working today.”
“A mesmerizing production [directed] by Jack Serio,” (New York Stage Review) about the fallibility of memory, the stories we tell to make sense of our suffering, and the complexity of forgiveness, this world premiere play is EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 23 ONLY!
For the final two weeks of GRANGEVILLE, rush tickets will be available at the box office for $45 beginning two hours prior to each performance (as available).
GRANGEVILLE Creative Team: dots (Scenic Design), Ricky Reynoso (Costume Design), Stacey Derosier (Lighting Design), Christopher Darbassie (Sound Design), John Baker (Dramaturg), Caparelliotis Casting: David Caparelliotis, Joe Gery, Elena Sgouros (Casting).
“Impossible to imagine a better Jerry than [Paul] Sparks, a fox-like comic presence with a wheedling drawl.”
"It would be impossible for an actor to give a performance superior to [Paul] Sparks’… [Brian J.] Smith is likewise excellent as Arnold.”
"★★★★!"
“Painfully gorgeous… and beautifully calibrated.”
"★★★★★! An exceptional play with fine work from director Jack Serio and actors Brian J. Smith and Paul Sparks.”
“Mr. Hunter builds wide worlds of beautiful emotional breadth and depth... [he has] established himself as one of the finest American playwrights working today.”
"Beautifully crafted... it ranks with Hunter’s best work.”
“Compact and affecting, Grangeville incorporates all the ingredients Hunter has been honing over the years.”
About the Playwright
Samuel D. Hunter (Playwright) grew up in Moscow, Idaho and lives in NYC with his husband, daughter, and two dogs. Grangeville is the second play in his Premiere Residency and his third production at Signature. His full-length plays include The Whale (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, GLAAD Media Award, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play), A Case for the Existence of God (New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play, Hull-Warriner Award), Little Bear Ridge Road (Jeff Award, Best New Work), A Bright New Boise (Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), Greater Clements (Drama Desk nomination for Best Play, Outer Critics Circle Honoree), Lewiston/Clarkston (Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Few, A Great Wilderness, Rest, Pocatello, The Healing, and The Harvest, among others. The film version of The Whale, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Brendan Fraser, was nominated for the 2023 BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received two Oscars, including Best Actor. He was also a writer and producer on all four seasons of FX’s Baskets. He is the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, a 2012 Whiting Writers Award and an honorary doctorate from the University of Idaho. His work has been produced Off Broadway in New York City by Lincoln Center Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, LCT3, Signature Theatre, Page 73 Productions, Clubbed Thumb, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. Elsewhere, his work has been produced by Theatre Royal Bath, Theatre Rotterdam, Dallas Theatre Center, Seattle Rep, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, South Coast Rep, and Victory Gardens, among others. Two published anthologies of his work are available from TCG Books, and two more are forthcoming. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild Council and holds degrees in playwriting from NYU, The Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and Juilliard.
The Cast
Brian J. Smith
Arnold
Paul Sparks
Jerry
Behind the Scenes
INSIDE GRANGEVILLE
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CREATING GRANGEVILLE
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SAMUEL D. HUNTER PAST PRODUCTIONS
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Check out TDF Stages' feature on director, Jack Serio
“In-demand director JACK SERIO usually starts a project by asking, ‘Just HOW LITTLE DO WE NEED to tell this play? What's the most ESSENTIAL VERSION?’ by Douglas Corzine, TDF Stages
