Sam Hunter on Writing for Stage and Screen
Sam Hunter on Writing for Stage and Screen
March 2, 2026 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Fordham University at Lincoln Center | McNally Amphitheatre
140 West 62nd Street | New York, NY 10023
The award-winning playwright and screenwriter behind The Whale talks about the writing life and finding hope in the everyday.
A one-hour conversation with playwright and screenwriter Sam Hunter (The Whale, Little Bear Ridge Road, A Bright New Boise, A Case for the Existence of God), known for writing The Whale. The 2022 Academy-Award-winning film starred 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.
Sam was born in Pullman Washington and raised in Moscow, Idaho. He now lives in New York City with his husband and daughter.
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 Fordham Theatre.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.