Theater Breaking Through Barriers presents the World Premiere of THE HEALING by Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale, A Bright New Boise). It is directed by Stella Powell-Jones. Previews begin June 11 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre with opening night slated for June 22.
Twenty-five years ago, a motley group of friends met as kids at a summer camp where the head counselor secretly taught them that their disabilities could be "cured" through the power of prayer. Today, the group has gathered to mourn the untimely passing of one of its members. Over the course of the night, old wounds are uncovered, friendships are tested and the truth surrounding their late friend becomes troublingly clear. THE HEALING stars Mary Theresa Archbold, Shannon DeVido, David Harrell, Lynne Lipton, John McGinty, Jamie Petrone and Pamela Sabaugh with set by Jason Simms, costumes by Christopher Metzger, lighting by Alejandro Fajardo, sound by Brandon Wolcott, props by Charles Bowden, dramaturgy by James L. Baker, and stage management by Anne Huston.Samuel D. Hunter's plays include The Whale (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play), A Bright New Boise (Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Few, A Great Wilderness, Jack's Precious Moment, Rest, Pocatello, Lewiston and Clarkston. He is the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship and an honorary doctorate from the University of Idaho. His plays have been produced in New York by Playwrights Horizons, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Partial Comfort, and others. He is a member of New Dramatists, an Ensemble Playwright at Victory Gardens and he was a 2013 Resident Playwright at Arena Stage. He holds degrees in playwriting from NYU, Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and Juilliard.Videos