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MacArthur Geniuses of the Rep

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Playwright Samuel D. Hunter, 2014 MacArthur Genius.

Yesterday playwright Samuel D. Hunter was named a MacArthur Genius. (Go Sam, go!) Sam wrote A Great Wilderness, which we workshopped in our 2013 inaugural New Play Festival and premiered last season. When we heard the exciting news, we started to wonder: which other MacArthur fellows have come through the Rep? Here are the playwrights, directors, and actors that came up:

Tarell Alvin McCraney: The Brothers Size (2011); The Breach (2008)

  • Called “an heir to August Wilson” by some, McCraney is known for exploring the diversity of the African American experience. His rich language transforms intentionally minimalist stages into worlds marked by metaphor and imagery.

Sarah Ruhl: Dear Elizabeth (2014-coming up in February!); The Clean House (2003)

  • Originally a poetry student, Ruhl was persuaded to try playwriting in college. Her love for language definitely comes through in her versatile, fresh plays and stage adaptations. The Clean House was workshopped as part of our Women Playwrights Festival.

Suzan-Lori Parks: Topdog/Underdog (2003)

  • Seattle audiences were blown away with Topdog/Underdog, which, like much of Parks’ work, challenged us to reconsider our perceptions of others and ourselves. He work calls attention to racism, sexism, and economic oppression in mainstream theatre.

Mary Zimmerman: The Secret in the Wings (2005); Metamorphoses (2000); The Notebooks of Leonardo Davinci (adaptor) (1997)

  • Zimmerman is known for adapting seemingly “untheatrical” source material from classic world literature into compelling theatre. She also directed all three of her productions staged at the Rep.

Bill Irwin: Fool Moon (1998); Scapin (1995); The Seattle Experiments: An Evening of Fragments (1994); Mr. Fox: A Rumination On The Life Of A Clown (1992); Largely/New York (1989); The Regard of Flight (1988)

  • Everyone’s favorite clown, Irwin performed many of his own pieces on the Rep stage. He is known for bringing traditional vaudeville and silent film imagery to contemporary comedic theatre.

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