The Few

Sept. 28 – Oct. 27, 2013
(Opening Night: Thursday, Oct. 3)
WORLD PREMIERE
Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Conrad Prebys Theatre Center

By Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Davis McCallum
Scenic Design by Dane Laffrey
Costume Design by Jessica Pabst
Lighting Design by Matt Frey
Original Music and Sound Design by Daniel Kluger
Casting by Caparelliotis Casting
Stage Manager, Annette Yé

A world premiere by a writer hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a “Face to Watch in 2013.”

In a small northern Idaho town, QZ keeps a struggling newspaper going by running personal ads from lovelorn truckers.  When Bryan, her publisher and former lover, returns, the two must revisit the past and reconsider the roads their own long-haul journey has travelled.  A funny and bighearted play about our longing for connection and the barriers we place in our way.


Production Photos
Eva Kaminsky as QZ and Michael Laurence as Bryan in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
Eva Kaminsky as QZ in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
Michael Laurence as Bryan in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
Gideon Glick as Matthew in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
Eva Kaminsky as QZ and Michael Laurence as Bryan in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
(from left) Michael Laurence as Bryan and Gideon Glick as Matthew in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
   
   
(from top) Gideon Glick as Matthew, Michael Laurence as Bryan and Eva Kaminsky as QZ in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
    


Publicity Photos
(from left) Eva Kaminsky stars as QZ, Michael Laurence as Bryan and Gideon Glick as Matthew in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
(from left) Gideon Glick stars as Matthew, Eva Kaminsky as QZ and Michael Laurence as Bryan in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
Director Davis McCallum (second from left) and playwright Samuel D. Hunter (second from right) with the cast of The Few: (from left) Gideon Glick, Eva Kaminsky and Michael Laurence. The World Premiere of Hunter's The Few, directed by McCallum, runs Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
Eva Kaminsky stars as QZ in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
Michael Laurence stars as Bryan in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
Gideon Glick stars as Matthew in the World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
Playwright Samuel D. Hunter. The World Premiere of Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, runs Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
Director Davis McCallum. The World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by McCallum, runs Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
(from left) Director Davis McCallum and playwright Samuel D. Hunter. The World Premiere of Hunter's The Few, directed by McCallum, runs Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
 
 
Director Davis McCallum (second from left) with the cast of The Few: (from left) Gideon Glick, Eva Kaminsky and Michael Laurence. The World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by McCallum, runs Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
The World Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's The Few, directed by Davis McCallum, runs Sept. 28 - Oct. 27, 2013 at The Old Globe. Illustration courtesy of The Old Globe.
  


Cast and Creative Team

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Gideon Glick (Matthew) has appeared on Broadway in the original companies of Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and Spring Awakening.  Off Broadway he played Jack in Shakespeare in the Park’s production of Into the Woods and has appeared in Wild Animals You Should Know (MCC Theater), Speech & Debate (Roundabout Theatre Company), Spring Awakening (Atlantic Theater Company), D.C. (The Ensemble Studio Theatre) and Democracy (Naked Angels/Culture Project). Regionally he has appeared at The Wilma Theater and Prince Music Theater.  His film credits include One Last Thing... and the upcoming films A Case of You, Gods Behaving Badly and Song One.  He can also be seen in two web series, It Could Be Worse and Wallflowers.   
Eva Kaminsky (QZ) is very happy to return to the Globe after playing Margie Walsh last season in Good People.  She most recently spent a week at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center as part of the National Playwrights Conference.  She has worked on Broadway in The Lyons,Off Broadway in The Language Archive (Roundabout Theatre Company), Made in Poland (The Play Company) and ’Nami (Partial Comfort Productions), and on the National Tour of The Syringa Tree.  Her regional credits include Mud Blue Sky (CENTERSTAGE), August: Osage County (Alley Theatre), God of Carnage (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Breadcrumbs and Lidless (Contemporary American Theater Festival), The Syringa Tree (Long Wharf Theatre and A Contemporary Theatre), The Real Thing (Syracuse Stage), 1:23 (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Speech & Debate (TheaterWorks), A Small Family Business (Cleveland Play House) and many others.  Her film credits include Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Adjustment Bureau and Just Like the Son.  She has been seen on television in “Mercy,” “Ugly Betty,” “Gossip Girl,” “ER,” “Numb3rs,” “Royal Pains” and all the “Law & Order” series.  Kaminsky is also an audiobook narrator and has recorded over 30 books.  She holds a B.F.A. from Boston University. 
Michael Laurence (Bryan) has appeared on Broadway in Talk Radio and Desire Under the Elms.  His other theater credits include Opus and The Morini Strad (Primary Stages), Horsedreams (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), Diary of a Teenage Girl (New Georges/3LD Art & Technology Center), Two Rooms (Platform Theatre Group), Lydie Breeze (New York Theatre Workshop), Tooth of Crime and Book of Days (Signature Theatre Company), John Proctor in The Crucible (Hartford Stage), Mikey Dillon in Good People (Huntington Theatre Company), Starbuck in The Rainmaker (Arena Stage), Eric Bogosian’s Humpty Dumpty (McCarter Theatre Center), Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Westport Country Playhouse, The Wilma Theater, Humana Festival and others.  He is the playwright/performer of the solo play Krapp, 39 (Soho Playhouse, Tristan Bates Theatre, London, Drama Desk Award nomination) and the upcoming duologue Hamlet in Bed.  His television credits include “The Heart, She Holler” (series regular), “Damages” (recurring), “The Good Wife,” “Elementary,” “Person of Interest,” “Third Watch,” “Johnny Zero,” “F/X: The Series,” “Ghost Stories,” “As the World Turns” and What’s Not to Love? for Showtime.  His film credits include One for the Money, Man on a Ledge, A Walk in the Park, The Operator, Follow Me Outside, Room 314, Escape Artists, Claire Dolan, Love God, Particles of Truth andother independent films. 
Jenny Bacon (Voice of Cindy) recently played the role of Rivkeh in My Name is Asher Lev at the Westside Theatre, after creating the role of Lucy in Sam Shepard’s Heartless at Signature Theatre Company.  Her other New York credits include In the Wake (The Public Theater), Omnium Gatherum (Variety Arts Center), Race (Classic Stage Company), Orphan of Zhao (Lincoln Center Theater), Carson McCullers (Playwrights Horizons/Women’s Project), A Streetcar Named Desire, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told and More Stately Mansions (New York Theatre Workshop) and The Arabian Nights (Manhattan Theatre Club).  Regionally, she recently originated the role of She in Sarah Ruhl’s Stage Kiss (Goodman Theatre).  She has performed across the country, including at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Alley Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Yale Repertory Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Weston Playhouse, Court Theatre and California Shakespeare Theater.  She has guest starred on all three “Law & Order” series and appeared in the films In God’s Hands and We Pedal Uphill.   
  Samuel D. Hunter’s (Playwright) plays include The Whale (2013 Drama Desk Award, 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play), A Bright New Boise (2011 Obie Award for Playwriting, 2011 Drama Desk nomination for Best Play) and his newest plays, The Few, A Great Wilderness and Rest, all set to premiere in the 2013-14 season.  His plays have been produced by theaters such as Playwrights Horizons, South Coast Repertory, Victory Gardens Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Denver Center Theatre Company, Clubbed Thumb and Page 73 Productions.  His work has been developed at the O’Neill Center National Playwrights Conference, the Ojai Playwrights Conference, Seven Devils and elsewhere.  Hunter is the winner of a 2012 Whiting Writers’ Award, the 2013 Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, the 2011 Sky Cooper Prize, and the 2008-2009 PoNY Fellowship.  He is a member of New Dramatists, an Ensemble Playwright at Victory Gardens, a Core Member of The Playwrights’ Center, a member of Partial Comfort Productions and is currently a Resident Playwright at Arena Stage.  A native of northern Idaho, Hunter lives in New York City.  He holds degrees in playwriting from New York University, The Iowa Playwrights Workshop and The Juilliard School..
  Davis McCallum (Director) previously helmed the Globe production of Back Back Back.  His previous collaborations with Samuel D. Hunter include The Whale (Playwrights Horizons, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play), A Bright New Boise (Partial Comfort Productions, Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Director) and Five Genocides (Clubbed Thumb).  His other New York credits include Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Water by the Spoonful (2012 Pulitzer Prize) and Michael Mitnick’s Sex Lives of Our Parents (Second Stage Theatre), Gabriel Kahane and Seth Bockley’s February House (The Public Theater), Sarah Ruhl and Todd Almond’s Melancholy Play (13P), Greg Moss’ punkplay (Clubbed Thumb), Charles Mee’s Queens Boulevard (Signature Theatre Company), Hudes’ Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue (Page 73 Productions, Pulitzer Prize finalist), Henry IV, Part I (The Pearl Theatre Company), Henry V (The New Victory Theater) and Jane Eyre, The Tempest and The Turn of the Screw (The Acting Company).  His regional credits include Guthrie Theater, Humana Festival, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Alliance Theatre, Chautauqua Theater Company, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Two River Theater Company and New York Stage and Film, among others.  He has taken part in the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors and is a Drama League Alumnus, a Boris Sagal Fellow and a Princess Grace Award honoree.
  Dane Laffrey (Scenic Design)has recent New York City credits at Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company, Second Stage Theatre, Soho Repertory Theater, Transport Group, New World Stages, MCC Theater, Red Bull Theater, The Joyce Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Primary Stages, The Play Company, Clubbed Thumb and others.  His regional credits include Huntington Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center Theatre Company, New York Stage and Film, Yale Opera, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Two River Theater Company, Chautauqua Theater Company, Signature Theatre Company, Ringling International Arts Festival and others.  Internationally he has worked in Oslo, Osaka, Tokyo and Sydney, as well as on The Roast, currently airing nightly on ABC2 across Australia.  Laffrey has nominations for three American Theatre Wing Henry Hewes Design Awards, a Drama Desk Award and a Sydney Theatre Award.
  Jessica Pabst (Costume Design) recently designed the New York productions of Somewhere Fun and The Metal Children (Vineyard Theatre), Murder Ballad (Manhattan Theatre Club/Union Square Theatre) The Whale (Lucille Lortel Award), Assistance (Playwrights Horizons), Nobody Loves You, Warrior Class and The Bad Guys (Second Stage Theatre), Buyer & Cellar (Barrow Street Theatre), The Revisionist, Through the Yellow Hour and The Hallway Trilogy (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater) and Three Pianos (New York Theatre Workshop).  Her regional credits include Clybourne Park (Chautauqua Theater Company), The Glass Menagerie (University of Rochester), Good People (Cleveland Play House, Syracuse Stage), This (Kirk Douglas Theatre) and Three Pianos (American Repertory Theater).  Her work has also appeared at Page 73 Productions, Ars Nova, The Juilliard School, St. Ann’s Warehouse and Princeton University.  Pabst has been nominated for both a Drama Desk Award and a Henry Hewes Design Award.
  Matt Frey (Lighting Design) recently designed Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park (Chautauqua Theater Company),Amy Herzog’s Belleville (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Mese Mariano and Le Villi (Spoleto Festival), Lucas Hnath’s A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney (Soho Repertory Theater), Tanya Barfield’s The Call (Playwrights Horizons), Will Eno’s Gnit and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate (Humana Festival), Jesse Eisenberg’s The Revisionist (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), Melissa James Gibson’s What Rhymes With America (Atlantic Theater Company), David Henry Hwang’s Golden Child (Signature Theatre Company) and Dog Days directed by Robert Woodruff (Peak Performances).  Some companies he has collaborated with include Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Corn Exchange in Dublin, Naked Angels, The New Group, MCC Theater, New York Theatre Workshop and Second Stage Theatre, as well as many others, both regionally and abroad.
  Daniel Kluger (Original Music and Sound Design) has designed the New York productions of Nikolai and the Others (Lincoln Center Theater), Somewhere Fun and The North Pool (Vineyard Theatre), Tribes and Hit the Wall (Barrow Street Theatre), House for Sale (Transport Group), A (radically condensed and expanded) SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING I’LL NEVER DO AGAIN (after David Foster Wallace) directed by Daniel Fish and The Common Pursuit (Roundabout Theatre Company), A Map of Virtue (13P), Lidless (Page 73 Productions), The Temperamentals (Daryl Roth Theatre), Enjoy (The Play Company), Jailbait (Cherry Lane Theatre) and Uncle Vanya, Ivanov, Platonov and The Seagull directed by Brian Mertes (Lake Lucille).  His regional credits includeMark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company, Two River Theater Company, People’s Light & Theatre Company, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and American Players Theatre.
  Caparelliotis Casting (Casting) recently cast the Globe productions of Double Indemnity, The Rainmaker, Other Desert Cities, Be a Good Little Widow, A Doll’s House, The Brothers Size, Pygmalion and Good People.  Their Broadway casting credits include The Snow Geese, Lyle Kessler’s Orphans, The Trip to Bountiful, Grace, Dead Accounts, The Other Place, Seminar, The Columnist, Stick Fly, Good People, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The House of Blue Leaves, Fences, Lend Me a Tenor and The Royal Family.  They also cast for Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company, LCT3, Ars Nova, Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre and three seasons with Williamstown Theatre Festival.  Their recent film and television credits include HairBrained with Brendan Fraser, “Ironside” (NBC) and Steel Magnolias (Sony for Lifetime).
  Annette Yé (Stage Manager) served as stage manager for The Old Globe’s Pygmalion, God of Carnage, Anna Christie, Groundswell and the 2010 production of Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas!  Her other Globe credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘11 and ‘12), Boeing-Boeing, The First Wives Club, Opus, Dancing in the Dark, Hay Fever and the Summer Shakespeare Festivals 2008 and 2010-2013.