Hunter Gardner

CUFFED UP at Caveat is the premiere improvised comedy dating show that makes cuffing season (a period of time where single people begin looking for short term partnerships to pass the colder months of the year) HOT! 

Y'all ready for some yarns? Hosted by Christine Stoddard, Quail Bell Productions presents a night of Southern storytellers and comedians spilling and ragging on their experiences in New York City-and more! 'It's Fall, Y'all: Funny Stories & Standup From Southerners in NYC' will take place at the Greenwich Village Comedy Club on November 14th at 7 p.m.

The Magnet Theatre has announced that Ringers, the collaborative sketch show, is going virtual! This tri-annual sketch show produced by Amanda Xellerhis, features sketches written by new and seasoned writers, fresh acting from improvisers, and direction by eager and practiced sketch voices.

Kelly Cooper and Ian Lockwood host the premiere of SMEG, a dark and horrifying parody of public access children's shows like Zoom and Bill Nye the Science Guy, created by Thomas Frances and Kelly Cooper.

Hunter Gardner's debut novel, 'School.', is available March 1 from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. 'School.' is a young adult adventure (ages 13-18) set at Buena Vista Academy-a fictionalized private school in Wilson, North Carolina. The story has a distinctly Southern flavor and an abundance of local color, as the characters' pursuits take them into the unfamiliar of N.C. State in Raleigh and UNC-Chapel Hill college campuses, as well as a hallmark scene that features the folklore-laden Acid Park on the outskirts of Wilson.

'SCHOOL.' (Bitingduck Press, March 2014) is a young adult novel by first-time author Hunter Gardner. The story follows Lucas Donovan, an economically minded high school sophomore, who finds himself in a surreal world when he starts dealing drugs at his new private high school. Flanked by his best friend, Jake, and a crew of loyal followers (British transplant, Christopher, and football player with a heart of gold, Tyler Beason), Lucas develops a system that he knows will get everyone exactly what he wants: from a cheerleader girlfriend to money to social power.

School, a novel for young adults and older ones who remember what it's like, will be released by Bitingduck Press on March 1, 2014. The story follows Lucas and his best friend Jake who decide to start dealing drugs at their private high school in Wilson, a suburban town in North Carolina. The teenage economists soon recruit two more salesmen—a stoic British transplant nicknamed The Poet and a football player with a heart of gold, Tyler Beason. Their business grows, but so too do the stakes, as they find themselves surrounded by unforeseen competition and the insistent school administration.