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Rest
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 4m
A retirement home in northern Idaho is being shut down, and only three residents and a bare-bones staff remain. When a record-breaking blizzard blows into town and an elderly resident disappears into the storm, everyone is brought to face their own mortality.
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Cast Size
3w, 4m -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Not Applicable -
Target Audience
Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
- Samuel D. Hunter is the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship
Samuel D. Hunter is the 2012 recipient of the Whiting Award for Drama

Details
Summary
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
“Highly recommended… [a] delicate balance of tragedy, comedy, hysteria and desperation.” – Chicago Sun-Times
“[A] warmhearted drama… unsentimental compassion for ordinary folk and their various approaches to mortality and other scary inevitabilities. The results are both tender and unsparing.” – Chicago Reader, Read More
“Deeply compassionate… Hunter’s play does traffic in life’s realities, of which Alzheimer’s is among the most painful. The main questions of this play — can we ever find peace in our old age, and is such a quest even desirable? — are crucially important, and Rest also hints at the complexities that flow from the way we outsource elder care to for-profit businesses, who find themselves caught between profit and compassion.” – Chicago Tribune, Read More
“[A] bracing look at love and loss.” – Stage and Cinema Theatre, Read More
“Extraordinary… an experience to behold.” – LA Splash, Read More
“Highly recommended… [a] delicate balance of tragedy, comedy, hysteria and desperation.” – Chicago Sun-Times, Read More
“Mixes quirkiness with poignancy in a drama that elicits steady laughter.” – Los Angeles Times, Read More
“Hunter is such a skilled (and often humorous) writer that when he puts credible misfits in weird situations, we’re willing to follow him anywhere.” – Times of San Diego, Read More
“Theatrical gold… a theatrical voice of paramount importance.” – Huntington Beach Independent, Read More
Videos
Excerpts from "Rest" by Samuel D. Hunter
Playwright Samuel D. Hunter talks about "Rest"
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.