Scout Dialogue: Writers Collection

Dialogue Extra: Playwright Samuel Hunter

Clip: Special | 28m 50s

Marcia Franklin continues her conversation with playwright and Idaho native Samuel Hunter. Hunter is the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship, and also won an Obie Award in 2011. Hunter talks more about the craft of playwriting, some of the actors he admires, and a new project he's working on that's not for the stage.

Aired: 10/08/15 | Rating: TV-G

Major Funding Provided by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation

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