The Hunt 2024
Run Time:
2 hours and 10 minutes with one intermission
Opened: February 16, 20242 hours and 10 minutes with one intermission
Closing: March 24, 2024
The Hunt - 2024 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
St. Ann's Warehouse
45 Water St. Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tobias Menzies (The Crown, Game of Thrones) makes a breathtaking U.S. stage debut in the critically lauded Almeida Theatre production The Hunt (starting February 16, 2024), based on Thomas Vinterberg’s 2012 film Jagten. The Hunt catapults audiences into some of today’s thorniest questions surrounding mob justice. In a performance that has been described as “superb” (Sunday Times), “devastating” (Evening Standard), and “extraordinarily powerful and restrained” (The Stage), Menzies portrays an elementary school teacher accused of misconduct by a child in a rural Danish hunting town. Rupert Goold’s thrilling staging unfolds on Es Devlin’s brilliant set, a literal glass house revolving into anarchy. The Hunt is the second adaptation of a Vinterberg work presented by St. Ann’s Warehouse, following its 2012 U.S. premiere of Grzegorz Jarzyna’s blistering, “viscerally charged” (The New York Times) production of Festen, Vinterberg’s final Dogme 95 film.
The Hunt - 2024 - Off-Broadway Cast
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Through a Glass, Familiarly: The Hunt
7 / 10
Would that Farr and Goold’s work gave us as much to consider as Devlin’s, but beyond the rich evocations of its set, The Hunt is a frustrating affair. It aims for thrillerish tension, but in its attempt to sound the direful minor chords of parable, Farr’s script forces its characters into behavior that feels at best underexamined and at worst absurd. Will they make the worst possible decisions, the most drastic leaps to conclusion, the most violent threats, and the least reasonable assumptions in every situation? You bet they will. Will our beleaguered protagonist fail to defend himself almost every time he gets the opportunity? The man can barely get a sentence out. Will the play indulge in some classically manipulative moves from the Tropes for High-Tension Dramas About Communal Persecution of an Innocent Man playbook? Well, there is a real dog onstage, and yes, it belongs to our hero, and no, you shouldn’t get attached to it.
The Hunt Theater Review
8 / 10
Director Rupert Goold, the artistic director of London’s Almeida Theater, where David Farr’s adaptation debuted in 2019, has turned the story into an exercise in inventive staging. In an early scene, members of Lucas’ hunting lodge sing raucous drinking songs and perform what feels like a savage ritual (in the film, they just swam naked in the local lake); later, in an apparent nod to the main community activity of deer-hunting, we see Minotaur-like figures. Es Devlin, the Tony-winning scenic designer for “The Lehman Trilogy,” has created another transparent cube for “The Hunt” – a small one in the middle of the stage that serves as the classroom, the local hunting lodge, the local church with the characters crowded inside, as if to emphasize the (claustrophobic?) closeness of the community. Characters magically appear and disappear in the cube – and not just human ones.
Review Roundup: THE HUNT Opens at St. Ann's Warehouse
by Stephi Wild - February 26, 2024
by Stephi Wild - February 26, 2024
St. Ann’s Warehouse is presenting the U.S. premiere of the Almeida Theatre production of The Hunt. Read the reviews for The Hunt here!
US Premiere of THE HUNT Starring Tobias Menzies to Begin in February at St. Ann's Warehouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 8, 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 8, 2024
St. Ann’s Warehouse is presenting the U.S. premiere of the Almeida Theatre production ofThe Hunt, a blistering thriller catapulting audiences into some of today’s thorniest questions surrounding mob justice and forgiveness.
The Hunt FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How long has The Hunt been running Off-Broadway?
The Hunt opened at the St. Ann's Warehouse on Friday Feb 16, 2024 and has now been running for 1 month.
The Hunt History
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The Hunt - 2024 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Adaptation | David Farr |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Rupert Goold |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play | Tobias Menzies |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play | Es Devlin |
| 2024 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design of a Play | Adam Cork |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance | Tobias Menzies |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Rupert Goold |
| 2024 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Play | The Hunt |
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