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The Harvest

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 4m

Samuel D. Hunter's “engrossing and suspenseful” play (Time Out New York) explores issues of faith, family and sexuality as two young Mormons in southeastern Idaho cope with the recent death of their father.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
The Harvest

Details

Summary
In the basement of a small evangelical church in southeastern Idaho, a group of young missionaries is preparing to go to the Middle East. One of them – a young man who has recently lost his father – has bought a one-way ticket. But his plans are complicated when his estranged sister returns home and makes it her mission to keep him there.
History
The Harvest premiered off-Broadway at LCT3 in New York City on 8 October 2016. Directed by Davis McCallum, the production featured Gideon Glick, Scott Jaeck, Leah Karpel, Peter Mark Kendall, Madeleine Martin, Christopher Sears and Zoë Winters.
JOSH – Early twenties, male.
TOM – Early twenties, male.
MICHAELA – Late twenties, female.
ADA – Mid twenties, female.
DENISE – Early twenties, female.
MARCUS – Early twenties, male.
CHUCK – 50’s, male.
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting The small, moldy furnished basement of a small church in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 105 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“Razor-sharp... rich in fine emotional nuance.” – The New York Times

“[Hunter] handles his characters with the sensitivity of a gifted sculptor, or maybe a master whittler who shapes each with a razor-sharp knife. The dialogue in The Harvest is rich in fine emotional nuance.” – The New York Times, Read More 

“Engrossing and suspenseful… The Harvest takes place in a jammed intersection of religion, family, sexuality and poverty, which the playwright maps out in evocative detail.” – Time Out New York, Read More 

“Passionate and funny and daring… marvelously theatrical in a way that most serious plays about faith are not.” – New York Magazine, Read More 

“Hunter has become the theater's premiere chronicler of the ways religion can simultaneously uplift and discourage the most vulnerable. As deep as his beautiful heartbreakers like A Bright New Boise and The Whale have managed to go, The Harvest displays an even more profound maturity on Hunter's part, in terms of both plot and character development, and the unspoken nuances.” – TheaterMania, Read More 

“Exquisitely judged… Hunter has managed to strip the drama of The Harvest down to an essence where there is nothing histrionic or fancy or worked-up about what we are seeing, which only exposes how so many other plays are built on such things.” – Brooklyn Magazine, Read More

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Videos

  • Peter Mark Kendall and Gideon Glick discuss The Harvest youtube thumbnail

    Peter Mark Kendall and Gideon Glick discuss The Harvest

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    Montage of The Harvest at LCT3

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Samuel D. Hunter

Samuel D. Hunter grew up in Moscow, Idaho and lives in New York City with his husband and daughter. His full-length plays include The Whale (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, GLAAD Media Award, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for B ...

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