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Greater Clements

  • Samuel D. Hunter
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 3M, 4F
  • ISBN: 9780573708701

In Samuel D. Hunter's brilliant take on the decline of small-town America, a divorced Idaho business owner cares for her troubled adult son, contemplates closing her business, and weighs a tempting offer to escape her past.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
In the fictional mining town of Greater Clements, Idaho, wealthy out-of-staters have begun purchasing properties, leaving lifelong residents - largely blue-collar workers - disenfranchised and disenchanted.

Practical, unpretentious Maggie, the divorced owner of a failing Mine Tour and Museum business, cares for her troubled adult son, who has moved back home to recover. As Maggie contemplates closing her business, an old flame visits and asks her to join him in a new life beyond the desolate town’s limits.

Through quirky humor, keen observation, and deeply sensitive and idiosyncratic characters, Greater Clements explores just how hard it can be to leave one's past behind.
REVIEWS:

"The best new play of the year!"

 The Washington Post

"Five Stars! ...Gorgeously clear-eyed and rich with nuance."

 Time Out New York

"A piercing American tragedy. Anchored by wrenching performances and deeply felt empathy, it's harrowingly beautiful."

 The Hollywood Reporter

"Explosive and revelatory!"

 New York Stage Review

"Samuel D. Hunter has created his most deeply searching play yet. You yearn for nights in the theater when the people you encounter on the stage take up residence in your consciousness."

 The Washington Post

Premiere Production:

Originally Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2019
Developed at The Lark, New York City

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: role(s) for Asian Actor(s), Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)

  • MAGGIE - Female, 65, white.
    JOE - Maggie's son, 27, white.
    BILLY - Male, 65, Japanese-American.
    KEL - Billy's granddaughter, 14, Japanese-American.
    OLIVIA - Female, mid-40s.
    WAYNE - Male, mid-50s.
    MONA - Female, mid-30s.

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    In the fictional mining town of Greater Clements, Idaho, wealthy out-of-staters have begun purchasing properties, leaving lifelong residents - largely blue-collar workers - disenfranchised and disenchanted.

    Practical, unpretentious Maggie, the divorced owner of a failing Mine Tour and Museum business, cares for her troubled adult son, who has moved back home to recover. As Maggie contemplates closing her business, an old flame visits and asks her to join him in a new life beyond the desolate town’s limits.

    Through quirky humor, keen observation, and deeply sensitive and idiosyncratic characters, Greater Clements explores just how hard it can be to leave one's past behind.

    		$24.95

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