Grangeville
by Samuel D. Hunter

Name: Grangeville
Brand: Samuel D. Hunter
SKU: 9780573712050
Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)

Off-Broadway

Grangeville Book Cover — Grangeville Cover

Highlights

Male

90 mins Present Day All Men Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Outer Critics Circle

Nominee: Three 2025 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Play Nominee: Two 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play

Synopsis

Two estranged half brothers – one in Grangeville, one in Amsterdam – reconnect virtually in discussions surrounding the care of their ailing mother.

A play about the fallibility of memory, the stories we tell to make sense of our suffering, and the complexity of forgiveness.

Playwright Samuel D. Hunter, known for his emotional depth, expands on the brotherly estrangement narrative by integrating the effects of family trauma on spouses alongside the evergreen conversation of how adult children take care of their aging parents.

Press Reviews

"Compact and affecting, Grangeville incorporates all the ingredients Hunter has been honing over the years."
— New York Magazine

"Slowly we learn what the issues are in Grangeville, much like his others, quiet, insightful, ultimately moving. If your relationship with a sibling is complicated – and whose isn’t? – it hits home."
— New York Theater

"Hunter builds wide worlds of beautiful emotional breadth and depth… [he has] established himself as one of the finest American playwrights working today."
— Wall Street Journal

"There may be an art to living amid crushing struggles, a theme underscored by Arnold’s career. His breakthrough works are three-dimensional models inspired by memories of places he left behind in Grangeville: a Dairy Queen, a pawn shop, a tattoo parlor. Brace yourself for an ingenious scene that bridges past and present and blurs the line between real life and a diorama that hits close to home."
— New York Theatre Guide

"Hunter’s conversational dialogue invest[s] Grangeville with a sense of forward movement even as much of its story recounts the characters’ past."
— New York Stage Review

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Jerry Male, early fifties. Arnold’s half-brother. Both characters also take on the role of their counterpart’s spouse at points in the play.	male	—	Male, early fifties. Arnold’s half-brother. Both characters also take on the role of their counterpart’s spouse at points in the play.
Arnold Male, early forties. Jerry’s half-brother.	male	—	Male, early forties. Jerry’s half-brother.