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Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 3m
Samuel D. Hunter
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.
Nominee: 2020 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
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.
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.
A small mine tour office and mining museum in a very small town in northern Idaho.
“The best new play of the year!” – The Washington Post
“★★★★★ ... 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
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
Samuel D. Hunter In Five Playsby Concord TheatricalsMarch 31, 2025
Greater Clements – Lincoln Center Theater Montage
The Inspiration Behind Greater Clements
Samuel D. Hunter is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and producer whose deeply human stories explore faith, family and the American experience. In 2025, Hunter made his Broadway debut with the critically acclaimed play Little Bear Ridge Road, starring Laurie Metcalf ...
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