A Bright New Boise at Firehouse Theatre

A disgraced evangelical from Northern Idaho takes a job at a Hobby Lobby franchise in Boise, Idaho in order to reconnect with an estranged son. But as his fellow employees begin to uncover dark secrets from his past, and his son becomes increasingly interested in his reasons for leaving his church, he must choose whether or not to have a normal life and a healthy relationship with his son, or hold onto the beliefs that have given his life meaning. Called a “dark but deeply empathetic comedy” by the Washington City Paper, A Bright New Boise was originally commissioned and produced by Partial Comfort Productions, NYC. Samuel D. Hunter won the 2011 Obie Award for Playwriting and was nominated for the 2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play for A Bright New Boise.