by Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Craig Fols
September 18 - October 12
Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $35 General Admission, $30 Seniors
$20 Students & Military
East Lynne at Cape May Presbyterian Church
500 Hughes Street Cape May, NJ
Directed by Craig Fols
September 18 - October 12
Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $35 General Admission, $30 Seniors
$20 Students & Military
East Lynne at Cape May Presbyterian Church
500 Hughes Street Cape May, NJ
Artistic Director Craig Fols calls A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter, a MacArthur Fellowship Award winner, “one of the best plays” he’s ever seen. East Lynne’s first real contemporary play revolves around two men—one Black, one white; one straight, one gay; both single fathers of daughters—who, through empathy and humor, form an unlikely bond within the walls of an office cubicle.
Hunter also wrote the award-winning play “The Whale,” as well as the movie of the same name that starred Brendan Fraser.
A Case for the Existence of God runs Wednesdays to Saturdays, September 18 through October 12 at 7:00 PM.
Hunter also wrote the award-winning play “The Whale,” as well as the movie of the same name that starred Brendan Fraser.
A Case for the Existence of God runs Wednesdays to Saturdays, September 18 through October 12 at 7:00 PM.
Please note that A Case for the Existence of God contains some mature themes and language.
PHOTO CREDIT: Jim Walsh
A Case for the Existence of God is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
PHOTO CREDIT: Jim Walsh
A Case for the Existence of God is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
THANK YOU to our show sponsor, PETALS Floral Design & Gifts
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SAMUEL D. HUNTER (Playwright) grew up in Moscow, Idaho and lives in New York City. His full-length plays include The Whale (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, GLAAD Media Award, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play), A Case for the Existence of God (New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play, Hull-Warriner Award), A Bright New Boise (Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), Greater Clements (Drama Desk nomination for Best Play, Outer Critics Circle Honoree), Lewiston/Clarkston (Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Few, A Great Wilderness, Rest, Pocatello, The Healing, and The Harvest, among others.
The film version of The Whale, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Brendan Fraser, was nominated for the 2023 BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received two Oscars, including Best Actor. He was also a writer and producer on all four seasons of FX’s Baskets. He is the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, a 2012 Whiting Writers Award and an honorary doctorate from the University of Idaho. His work has been produced Off Broadway in New York City by Lincoln Center Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, LCT3, Signature Theatre, Page 73 Productions, Clubbed Thumb, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. Elsewhere, his work has been produced by Theatre Royal Bath, Dallas Theatre Center, Seattle Rep, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, South Coast Rep, and Victory Gardens, among others. Two published anthologies of his work are available from TCG Books, and a third is forthcoming. He is a member of New Dramatists and a current Resident Playwright at the Signature Theatre in New York City. He holds degrees in playwriting from NYU, The Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and Juilliard.
The film version of The Whale, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Brendan Fraser, was nominated for the 2023 BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received two Oscars, including Best Actor. He was also a writer and producer on all four seasons of FX’s Baskets. He is the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, a 2012 Whiting Writers Award and an honorary doctorate from the University of Idaho. His work has been produced Off Broadway in New York City by Lincoln Center Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, LCT3, Signature Theatre, Page 73 Productions, Clubbed Thumb, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre. Elsewhere, his work has been produced by Theatre Royal Bath, Dallas Theatre Center, Seattle Rep, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, South Coast Rep, and Victory Gardens, among others. Two published anthologies of his work are available from TCG Books, and a third is forthcoming. He is a member of New Dramatists and a current Resident Playwright at the Signature Theatre in New York City. He holds degrees in playwriting from NYU, The Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and Juilliard.
CRAIG FOLS (Director) is the Artistic Director of East Lynne Theater Company. READ MORE
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JAMES ALTON (Keith) (he/his) is an alum of University North Carolina School of the Arts (Drama), originally from Hickory, North Carolina, now based in Brooklyn, NY. Most recent credit is his debut one-man show Citizen James: Man Without A Country; where he portrayed a young James Baldwin, at Syracuse Stage this past summer. Special thanks to East Lynne Theater for being a gym to his craft and for holding space for fun theater that people love and enjoy. @jamesaltong on IG |
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JERED McLENIGAN* (Ryan) is a Philadelphia-based performing artist and a founding member of the HotHouse Acting Company at the Wilma Theater, recipient of the 2024 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater. His Wilma appearances include Good Person of Setzuan, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play, Twelfth Night, Constellations (Barrymore Award, Outstanding Leading Actor/Play) and the digital Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Drama League Award nominee and The Wall Street Journal’s Best of the Year 2020). Other recent/favorite roles include Tartuffe with Lantern Theater, The Little Prince, The Musical with Quintessence Theatre and Waiting for Godot with the Colonial Theater in Westerly, RI, among others. Jered is a 3-time Barrymore Award recipient and most recently appeared as King Arthur in Camelot with North Coast Repertory Theatre and Laguna Playhouse.
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KEN HORNBECK* (Stage Manager) moved to Cape May from Atlanta two years ago, and absolutely loves it here. He is delighted to be returning to East Lynne as stage manager for this beautiful play, having previously appeared as an actor in The Death of Sherlock Holmes and Jersey Lawman last year. Ken’s lifelong passion has been working with children, teens and young adults. As a director of programs in New York City and Atlanta, his work has focused on training youth in how to use theater for self-expression, and as a tool to educate their peers about sexual decision-making, bias and other social issues. As an actor, favorite roles include: Buzz in Love, Valour, Compassion; Pirelli in Sweeney Todd and Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Much gratitude to Craig and ELTC.
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theater and Actors' Equity Association,
the Union of Professional Actors & Stage Managers in the United States.
the Union of Professional Actors & Stage Managers in the United States.
