“Hunter’s words seem to fly from the page and are as poetic as they are poignant.” Bob Abelman, theatre critic, The Boston Globe

Sydnee Williams and Brooke Turner in Weimar

Sydnee Williams and Brooke Turner in Weimar

Les Hunter is a writer, primarily of plays for the theater.

 

He is the co-editor of the critically-acclaimed textbook, Decentered Playwriting: Alternative Techniques for the Stage.

His prose has additionally appeared in American Theatre Magazine, HowlRound, Fiction Southeast, Theatre Journal, and essay collections from University of Iowa Press, Routledge, and others.

Courtney Brown* as Dr. Tammie Stockman in Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People: A Rust-Belt Adaptation

“Playwright Hunter manages revelations with admirable subtlety.” Scene Magazine

John Busser and Corin Self in Down by Contact

John Busser and Corin Self in Down by Contact

“After the cheering throngs have departed, what does a battered 11-season quarterback do to pass the time? This is the question posed by Les Hunter’s captivating drama. Talkin’ Broadway   

Michael Regnier, Robert Branch, & Kelsey Angel Baehrens in To the Orchard.

"(Hunter’s) Under the Sycamores sounded a clarion call for critical attention to the theatrical opportunity that is offered by the world around us.” Theatre Journal.